she has repeatedly mentioned that the kids have been sleeping late, explaining why she is the only one up in the morning, despite it being a school day. that post about ethan playing the euphonium could easily have been created using a previous photo as there has been no sign of the kids in the background of any of her stories - i haven't even heard them. bar the potentially staged euphonium post, there's been no sign of the kids on her grid since last week's inset day. her recent content has been a dior tiktok which
mentions erin, but does not include her - unusual, as babs usually leaps at any opportunity to give the golden child a starring role - all the inane "watch me get dressed" tiktoks, a reel about her world-travelling, unwashed denim skirt, the skinny shaming valentine's lingerie reel and a post plastered with old photos of her and claire. absolutely no sign of - or involvement - of steve or the kids, not even the sly #couplegoals "we're sitting on separate sofas" while she was watching the brits. it definitely seems suspicious. either steve has covid and is isolating up in top top, with the kids potentially sick and isolating in their rooms. if that were the case, you'd think babs would be being cautious and not parading round meeting up with jocelyn, wet san, claire and her vulnerable father, but it wouldn't surprise me - especially as she thinks being tripled jabs means she's invincible and covid won't touch her, because does it KNOW who she IS?! that, or steve has had enough and carted the kids off to his parents with him for a break, probably re-arranging the holiday so that babs is no longer invited. or, at the very least, keeping his fingers crossed that her lft will be positive the day they are meant to leave, and he'll get to go on holiday without her!
it definitely seems like something weird is going on, but we all know how babs loves to make a point of proving tattle wrong, so it will be interesting to see her reaction. if she doesn't respond by sharing footage of steve and the kids then it's safe to say they're isolating - or that they've fucked off and left her!