Summer Holidays 2016

The summer holidays can strike fear into any parent. Yes it's great as you don't always have to get up and mobilise the kids to be on time in the morning but stress levels go up, your costs go up and kids don't always cope well with the freedom the holidays can give. Add into the mix a child or even children with additional needs who need the routine and you have a recipe for disaster! So whilst teachers are celebrating come the end of July, parents are apprehensive about the upcoming six weeks and how much wine they will need to consume in order to survive.

Now I am one of those parents who is kind of looking forward to relaxing a bit and not having to mobilise the troops but yes dreading what kind of time we will have together. Making sure I have enough food in the house incase and apocalypse strikes and not wanting to drive us all crazy at the same time. I have a 6 year old girl and a 5 year old boy who has additional needs, so sometimes planning activities for the both of them can be hard, especially if I am on my own.

We have just over a week till the schools are back and in all honesty I am dreading it! I have loved having the kids at home and we have done quite a bit over the holidays but also spent a good chunk at home, which my son prefers as he has more control at home. We haven't had much of the inevitable breakdowns, the sibling fights or the constant moans they are bored, it has been a revelation. This might be down to the fact my son has attended a summer club, four hours twice a week. Not loads in the grand scheme of things, but enough of a separation for him and for me. Which in turn has allowed me some quality time with my daughter doing things I wouldn't be able to do with the both of them. We have been swimming lot's, we even managed to have a trip to the cinema, a mummy daughter date and it was fab. Now she hasn't missed out, she got to stay at Grandma's for the week which then in turn meant I could have some quality time with my boy. I honestly feel that both kids will have had a great holiday and I am looking forward to next week sorting out their summer diary's for school homework so we can look back at all the things we have done. I wonder what their favourite part will be? Will it be the tip to Disneyland, Paris or will it be more simple like strawberry picking, or the trip up north to see family?

I hope your summer holiday has been filled with lovely memories and batteries are recharged for the next chapter of our children's life, another school year. I am truly blessed to have two amazing children, even though they are both crazy and drive me up the wall, I wouldn't have it any other way? Who would?

Lisa x x