On day 40 of the 49 days of summer holidays we headed out to the Glossop charity shops. Bubbling with delight at the thought of being able to buy whatever they liked with their pound the boys practically frolicked out the door. We stopped by the library first and the boys happily played on the computers and chose a few books. Chris staggered under the weight of the massive pile of boys that he chose, and in fact had to head off home to drop them off. meeting us at one of the nicer charity shops. The boys had a lovely time choosing things, and eventually chose a Spongebob lunchbox (which Kieran broke 3 hours later, jumping off the bed) and a smiley face stuffed toy. I bought a Junior Scrabble, which both boys were very keen to play. On day 41 it was the boys swimming lesson. We sauntered up the hill to the pools, just missing the deluge in our 30 minute walk. The swimming lessons went smashingly, and the boys did really well. On our way home we found a patch of mushrooms, which the boys were quite excited about, as well as a caterpillar and 2 butterflies. I headed out later that afternoon to pick up some dress-ups which I had found cheaply online. I walked for miles! Literally! I did find a lovely new playground though so this, the exercise and the bargain made all well in my world. Plus it wasn't raining. On day 42 We cancelled the Legoland plans and I took the boys to Whistlestop cafe for the fun day - bouncy castle, face painting etc. We invited Frankie and Minnie along and they had a blast. We were the only people there, as the fun day had been cancelled. However, all four children had a blast which is the important thing :) On day 43 We headed out on a playground mission. We headed out to the new playground and the boys were in alt when we got there. It was brilliant. They were knackered when they finally trudged home though given that it was a mile each way, but not so knackered that they couldn't pause for an invigorating 20 minute play at the playground by the stream :). On day 44 we took the boys along to the dentist as Kieran's shark teeth remain firmly in place. Once there we discovered that one of his back (adult) teeth is developing a little hole where the toothbrush wasn't reaching it. So we had a little chat about how to brush our teeth properly. Then we discovered that Cameron has a cavity on one of his teeth, so he gets to go and get that filled on Thursday. Yippee yi yay! All in all it was rather depressing, and expensive. On day 45 (today) I threw on some decent clothes and some makeup and headed off to St James for the interview for the Clerk to the Governor role. After a fairly decent interview I prowled around the house waiting for news, before picking blackberries and prowling some more. I was extremely pleased to get a phonecall giving me the job late this afternoon :) Then Cameron managed to acquire my glittery, red nail polish and paint his face, fingers and toes with it - lavishly. Sometimes I despair of that child :P
In other news Chris has been spending his holiday time by applying for work and cooking up a storm! I have been mooching around and getting school supplies in for the boys, and applying for jobs. Lots and lots of jobs. Cameron now has school shoes, school pants and shirts and a lovely new school book bag. Roll on Monday when school starts, I have my first GCSE session, Cam has the Health visitor around and life starts getting back to normal!
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