Wednesday

Well, it's here...the last day of the summer holidays.

We had a slow start to the morning as we'd decided to go to Play 2 Day in Martlesham. I got a little bit of housework done and the children played outside. We cycled up to Play 2 Day but only had a couple of hours up there as Charlie was tired. Lunch was nothing special, as is usually expected in indoor play centres but Molly enjoyed it. When we got home we put a dvd on and Charlie and I had a nap.

Kelly came around for our last interview and video. The children had been really quiet until Kelly arrived and then all hell broke loose. They went mental! They seem to love showing off as soon as the mic or camera are on.

Kelly brought some homemade cupcakes with her and a beautiful orchid as a thank you but it's been such a pleasure taking part in the feature and we didn't expect anything. The cupcakes were delicious and soon devoured!

We tried to get the children to have an early night as Molly was going back to school tomorrow but it didn't work. We expected to have a very grumpy girl on our hands in the morning.

Thursday
Despite Molly's protestations last week about returning to school she seemed quite keen to get to there this morning. Everything went smoothly this morning and I didn't have to hurry her up like usual school mornings. She walked in proudly carrying her summer scrapbook so that she could show her teacher. She asked what time she'd see us again and gave Charlie lots of cuddles and kisses and then off she went.

It was much easier than I expected as 6 weeks is a long time for her to be off school when she'd only started school after Easter and it took her a few weeks to settle in. I didn't get much out of her on the way home but that's usual. She did mention some of the new children that had started today and said that she's been looking after them. During dinner she did get rather grumpy with Charlie and they started fighting. Bedtime was a struggle but I think it's been tiring for her today. Hopefully she'll get a decent night's sleep and she'll be happier tomorrow.

Charlie and I spent the morning playing with his trains and cars and making jigsaws and then he slept for the afternoon (and I had a little nap too!!