But you’ve got this!

I know it feels like day 5 million and 22 of the summer holidays, but keep going, we’re halfway and you haven’t dropped the ball yet! Well done you! You’ve got this!

Yes you may have taken them to the wrong childcare venue on the very first day (no? just me then) and you may have spent more than Boris promised for Brexit on them picking up germs from the various soft play centres you’ve endured because of the weather. But you’ve got this!

You may have lost your mind and thought you heard someone say “mummy” in the middle of the night when there was no one around because you heard it 20 thousand times in the day. But you’ve got this!

You may, like me, have banned slime from the house and put it straight in the bin as soon as you’ve got out of the car, rather than use a whole bottle of carpet cleaner trying to get that purple shit out of your living room rug. But you’ve got this!

The binmen May have thought you’d had a party on Saturday attended by 1000 people judging by the fullness of your bottle bank. But you’ve got this!

Remember that in a couple of weeks, your little darling (that feels like it’s their job to annoy you in the 6 week break) will be going back to school, new classroom, new teacher, all smart in their new uniform and you will watch with pride and a tear in your eye. But, you’ve got this!

Should we really go to Disneyland???

After all your wonderful advice I’ve booked for us to go to Disneyland Paris, I’m so excited I could burst. My 6 year old on the other hand says she’s thrilled to be going to see Mickey and his mates, but the reaction at the car wash yesterday was something else. She literally screamed with delight as the brushes moved towards and up the windscreen. I’ve never heard such enthusiastic squeals come from her not even on a rollercoaster. I think I might cancel the trip to France and just pay a fiver to get my car cleaned every day for a week! 😂😂

Science fun

Phew the Easter holidays are over, well done for getting through what felt like months of no school! Did you have good days out? The glorious weather helped get the kids out to the park for a run around to wear them out.

On the one day of rain we went along to the Winchester Science centre, what an absolute treat this place is, they spend the whole day learning without realising. The science of sweets show was highly entertaining with all the children in front of the stage, wowed by the experiments going on in front of them, screaming with excitement as they explode hydrogen filled balloons.

The planetarium teaches them all about the solar system with characters that my 6 year old loved. And it’s a comfy recliner seat that gives you a 20 minute rest from being a parent.

As it was rainy lots of people had the same idea for the day, I get through this by remembering that it teaches them to take turns and queue up, and the staff did a fantastic job of keeping an eye on anyone that had been commandeering a certain station for too long and moving them on to another fun experience.

I thoroughly enjoyed it too, get there and get stuck in.

We all need a break don’t we?

The rush of love I felt when I saw my little girl yesterday was amazing. I did wonder how she’d be with me after I haven’t seen her for five days when I went off on a girls break away to Majorca.

She has a problem with me leaving her for an hour, let alone a day or five days, I was very lucky that my parents said that they would take care of her and that meant that I could properly relax while I was away.

But that doesn’t mean that I didn’t feel massive pangs of guilt as I stepped onto the aeroplane, as I sipped a cocktail by the pool and as I enjoyed not having to put anybody to bed.

I don’t really know if I’m trying to justify it to you or to myself but I manage to slip away for five days a year that’s it, my five day break and I love it, more than that, I need it.

Inflatable heaven

Holidaymakers have gone inflatable mad, I don’t think they let you through customs without one. We are on holiday at the moment in Lanzarote and you can barely see an inch of the pool for glittery unicorns. Gone are the days where everyone was over the moon with a lilo (if you were posh you had one of the silver ones with a cup holder, but I’m talking really posh). This year there’s boats with shades for two babies, flamingos that take 4, toucans, double rubber rings, dogs, crocodiles, aeroplanes and ponies. We packed a rubber ring, it was a boat when we started but the bottom fell out of it.

Don’t do it, it’ll stink…

WARNING! To everyone taking kids to a beach this summer.

If you are looking for interesting stones and pebbles and come across some crabs legs that your child finds fascinating, LEAVE THEM THERE!

I can confirm that putting them in a toy bag for a week, so they’re safe for next month’s ‘show and tell’ makes your house stink!

You’re welcome.

What to do in the Easter holidays…

Are you like me at the start of the two week Easter break, looking at the weather forecast and just seeing rain, rain and more rain, wondering what to do, what will fill 14 days? Wonder no more, I have the perfect solution, it’s been staring me in the face, it’s the answer to all my prayers…….pack the little rugrats off to their grandparents!

They get to spend time with their little darlings and you get to go to the toilet in peace, eat a dinner while it’s hot and not have “muuuuuummmmmmmyyyy” ringing in your ears, for a couple of weeks. Everyone’s a winner!