School holidays
Like most parents, we are looking forward to the return to school on Thursday with some trepidation and some joy.
The children will be into new environments; with some new friends to make and some old friends to lose; new teachers; and, new challenges ahead.
On the up side, (especially for working parents) the daily routine will be set for the next nine months and the almost daily need to entertain and amuse will beremoved reduced. Well at least for the next seven weeks before the October holidays commence.
Tonight we knocked off a bit early and went out for dinner with the kids to celebrate the end of another summer and to talk about the changes they face this week. It can't be done tomorrow, as that is a night for early to bed for us all.
The serious parent-child talk was kind of lost in the debris of food splattered around the table (by the baby, I hasten to add) and watching the boys eat adult portions, plus garlic bread, plus dessert. More food than us in fact, yet they are so active that they burn it all off.
The important stuff went by the board as we watched with mounting disbelief as they ate and ate, and then they waddled home. Where have our babies gone? Enjoy them while they are young, as it flies past in the blink of an eye. (Time for another one? - cue slap round head from Mrs N!)
The children will be into new environments; with some new friends to make and some old friends to lose; new teachers; and, new challenges ahead.
On the up side, (especially for working parents) the daily routine will be set for the next nine months and the almost daily need to entertain and amuse will be
Tonight we knocked off a bit early and went out for dinner with the kids to celebrate the end of another summer and to talk about the changes they face this week. It can't be done tomorrow, as that is a night for early to bed for us all.
The serious parent-child talk was kind of lost in the debris of food splattered around the table (by the baby, I hasten to add) and watching the boys eat adult portions, plus garlic bread, plus dessert. More food than us in fact, yet they are so active that they burn it all off.
The important stuff went by the board as we watched with mounting disbelief as they ate and ate, and then they waddled home. Where have our babies gone? Enjoy them while they are young, as it flies past in the blink of an eye. (Time for another one? - cue slap round head from Mrs N!)
2 comments:
Come on Angus. You could single handedly solve the islands declining population by getting it on with Mrs N for more rugrats.
Either that or the college could start cloning. Would be more fun than Atlantic Studies and renewables. Not sure who they would use as their 'specimen' though.
Thoughts?
me!!! - on second thoughts no... i'm too annoying! we could give it tony blairs brain (you don't want it too intellegent) Bolt's legs - handy for running messages; suggestion for other parts, anyone?
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