It's very nice to be back again!
If I had to pick one word to sum up our summer break it would be uneventful - which is pretty much what I was hoping for! We've mostly had a gentle-paced, quiet time at home with a few forays into more exciting activities to prevent boredom from setting in and overall it has worked out pretty well.
Of course there have been lows, the most deep of which has to be Toby's toilet training and the associated mopping up of puddles (and worse) that go along with that. Unfortunately, despite lots of hard work we've not made much progress but I'll share more of our experiences another time in the hope of helping others! Toby has also had many times of extreme frustration and upset which have been very hard to bear but the school hols are nearly over (last day today) and we'll choose to remember the good times and put the bad ones out of our minds!
The highs included moments spent with Amy, chatting, making things, watching films and just relaxing without any pressures to do anything else. We camped out in the garden together 3 times - once with our good friend Hazel and her daughter Madeleine. We had great fun just girls together, hedgehog watching, hot choccie drinking and larking about under canvas. Amy & I have also been excited to see the things that we planted growing so well. We've loved picking and eating our own lettuce, tomatoes and strawberries and we've been hatching plans to expand our weenie food patch.
I must admit though to being glad at the start of a new school term. Amy is looking forward to seeing all her friends again and joining some after school clubs. Toby desperately needs to get back into a routine and I'm looking forward to some quiet and a chance to just exist without being pulled about, fetching something, dressing someone or mopping something up! I'm also looking forward to catching up with what everyone else has been up to here in blog land. So at 9.15 tomorrow morning I'll be grabbing a cup of tea and going for a browse - see you soon!
