It's half term round these parts this week, which means that some of our regular activities (Brownies, ballet and korfball) aren't happening, although gymnastics and swimming are still on, so we still have a busy Thursday afternoon! What it also means though is we can see schooly friends for more than a couple of hours squeezed in after school hours. So we've seen two lots of local friends this week and they've done lots of playing, building dens/tents with sofa cushions/clothes airers & blankets and having fun (with some minor altercations, but then dealing with them is an essential life skill!).
Tomorrow we're off to London for a visit to the Houses of Parliament and a trip on the London Eye. Even better, A has got a meeting in London in the morning, so he's taking the afternoon off and meeting us there and coming back on the coach with us. He's got to get up at 5.30am to get a train down and I've got to do the packed lunches and get myself and the girls into town on the bus to get a coach for 9am. That's going to be quite a challenge!
Other than that we've had quite a big tidy up in various parts of the house, mostly the playroom and the kitchen. I am not a naturally tidy person, but when things get too bad it gets me down, so I am making a really conscious effort to lead by example and keep things tidier rather than ending up doing enormous tidy-ups every few weeks. A whole day out will certainly help things to stay tidy anyway!
I'm soon going to have the luxury of a playroom and this has reminded me to provide stuff like blankets and cushions and clothes dryers for den building. :)
ReplyDeleteBlankets or old sheets are pretty essential imo, but you don't need the clothes dryers (although they do work well with some clothes pegs to hold things in place), sometimes they just drape things over chairs!
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