School Holidays....

We are 4 days into the school holidays and aren't doing too badly. On Monday we headed to Playcentre for the morning - it was a holiday session. I was feeling pretty seedy but figured I may as well feel seedy in the company of others as at home by myself. The boys had a blast and their filthy, sandy, paint bespattered selves had to be dragged to the car :). After playcentre ended we hurtled home for lunch before I whisked Cameron off to Kindy. Once home Kieran asked to play on the IPAD while I finished reading one of my course books - North and South. On Tuesday I cleaned the house and took the boys to Parrs Park for the morning. We ran, and galloped and cavorted in the freezing sunny day. We all had enough by 11am and we came home and watched the Fox and the Hound before Kindy. I stayed at Kindy for the 3 hour session doing jobs as part of the term clean up. Kieran loved it and wants to do it again - me clean, him play haha. No. On Wednesday I dropped Cameron off at kindy then Kieran and I bought milk and flour and collected our library books. I dropped Kieran to McCahon's for a playdate then headed home to read a course book (so unfair I have 14 texts!!) - Sylvia Plath's the Bell Jar. I feel it's overrated. Then I mopped the floors and reluctantly washed the poxy blinds. I loathe the blinds - cheap, horrible plastic things that don't keep in the warmth and don't keep out the sun!!! I only managed 3 blinds, and still have 5 to go (sigh). Then I dashed out to collect my love who had had a fall at kindy- so had scraped chin and forehead. Upon his pleading I made cheese scones for the boys lunch, peach muffins and bagels. Cameron helped me with all the baking - we sang the Doctor Who theme music to each other as we shaped the bagels. He loves Dr Who, but "his" doctor is 10. Kieran's is 11. Kieran was dropped off at 1:20 having had a lovely time with his friend. I made him a Snakes and Ladders board on cardboard that he can drive cars on (obviously a special request haha). This is now our first full week of Cameron having no afternoon sleeps. I would love to report that our nights are now restful and undisturbed but we usually have a visitor around 2am. Last night however was pretty special. Kieran popped in at 11, 12, 1 and 2 before finally going to sleep. Then Cameron took up the baton and roused Chris at 2, 3, 4 and 4:45 (I slept through these visits). As I result I slept in till 8 with K snuggled up against me (I have no idea when he joined me) and Bandit firmly snuggled up between my and K's head. Cameron only roused himself at 8:30, the lazy thing. As a result the day is proceeding rather sluggishly. Instead of a sunny rainbowy day like the rest of the week the day is grey and cool. I had been planning on taking the boys to the Henderson skate park but feel terribly uninspired.Still I got my last grade (B+) and a book that I have been waiting for (7 weeks!!) which cheers me up. Now to clean the children and wash the poxy blinds!