half term starts here :-)

I love the last day of term, the kids are all smiling as they leave school, the teachers are waving them off as quickly as possible and the parents are looking like they have no idea what they're going to do with them for the next 'really long time' (one week and one day actually but to some it feels like forever) Up until about two weeks ago I had no idea what to do with mine either but I think I have enough planned to keep them busy.

This weekend we're having calm and sensible, they're with their dad on Saturday so I'll spring clean the house so there's not much needs doing all week, and on Sunday we're making a cuddly cat and probably a few more things. Monday is a trip to York with daddy to see trains apparently, that is going to be a really long day for them so I'm hoping Tuesday will be a short day for the three of us but hopefully involving their wet suits, some wellies and a trip to the beach, we won't even bother with coat if its raining, we're going to get very very wet and then come home and get warm again.

Wednesday will be a picnic and feeding horses half way between my house and my mum and dads because we're going to stay with them for a few days so that on Thursday I can escape on a very rare day out without them. (I should probably not claim that is rare when I'm off to London to see Mark Gatiss and friends on the 11th but these are the only two days in forever I've treated myself to time off :-) ) Granny is baking pumpkin biscuits and making Halloween masks with them on Thursday I think, I gave up fighting the 'I hate Halloween' battle years ago and just work on the basis I don't have to get involved!

Friday, if I'm not completely exhausted from my trip I'm thinking of taking them to a wildlife park but I have no idea where it is as yet so I may just end up taking them for a trip in the car or taking them to look at one of my favourite Dive sites, not that I'll be going diving any time soon :-(

Saturday I'll escape for a trip to see the claret and blue army and Sunday will be family lunch before I drive my little family home :-)

Until last week I thought they went back to school on the Monday but luckily someone pointed out the inset day so Monday will be spent shopping and tidying up ready for a return to sensibleness on Tuesday morning, that is if you call driving 220 miles and watching a football match between school pick up Tuesday and school drop off Wednesday sensible of course.

Can you tell I'm slightly excited to have my kids off for their holidays because I really really am :-)