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Wednesday 8 October 2014
Tuesday 7 October 2014
Confessions of a guilty mum - Hooray, school holidays are finished
School starts back today.
Wahoo.
And I don't know who's more excited - me or the boys.
The truth is, I'd love to be posting Instagram photos of us hanging at the beach or updating my Facebook status about the movie we just watched together but nope.
Because work doesn't stop for school holidays.
So for us its work, and what I have termed the Grandparent shuffle train.
My boys split their 2 weeks of holidays between 3 sets of grandparents (split family on one side) who live 20 minutes away, 1 hour away and 2 hours away. They come home for the weekend but more often than not it's only for Friday and Saturday night.
So out of 3 weeks of holidays that have just finished they literally spent less than a week at home.
They're at that age where they aren't old enough to stay home by themselves, but hanging with the grandparents is quickly losing its lustre.
And they miss their own bed. They miss being comfortable in their own environment.
They actually get sick of Maccas and lollies and all the treats that are the privilege of grandparents.
They miss playing footy in the front yard with their Dad when he gets home from work.
They miss playing with the neighbourhood kids.
They miss my kisses and nagging.
Ok, maybe not the last one. But I'm sure they miss me.
And we miss them.
We miss telling them the same thing ten times.
We miss that crunch under our feet of broken biscuits and crackers.
We miss doing a load of washing each day.
But what we really miss is our 'normal'.
Our family dinners where they rank the meal out of ten. (I often get 8's and 9's BTW)
Our family handball championships.
Our family bike rides.
Our family '4 in a bed' selfies
So, while a lot of my friends are sad that they'll miss their kids now that school is back, I'm looking forward to spending much more time with them.
Hooray for school
Wahoo.
And I don't know who's more excited - me or the boys.
The truth is, I'd love to be posting Instagram photos of us hanging at the beach or updating my Facebook status about the movie we just watched together but nope.
Because work doesn't stop for school holidays.
So for us its work, and what I have termed the Grandparent shuffle train.
My boys split their 2 weeks of holidays between 3 sets of grandparents (split family on one side) who live 20 minutes away, 1 hour away and 2 hours away. They come home for the weekend but more often than not it's only for Friday and Saturday night.
So out of 3 weeks of holidays that have just finished they literally spent less than a week at home.
They're at that age where they aren't old enough to stay home by themselves, but hanging with the grandparents is quickly losing its lustre.
And they miss their own bed. They miss being comfortable in their own environment.
They actually get sick of Maccas and lollies and all the treats that are the privilege of grandparents.
They miss playing footy in the front yard with their Dad when he gets home from work.
They miss playing with the neighbourhood kids.
They miss my kisses and nagging.
Ok, maybe not the last one. But I'm sure they miss me.
And we miss them.
We miss telling them the same thing ten times.
We miss that crunch under our feet of broken biscuits and crackers.
We miss doing a load of washing each day.
But what we really miss is our 'normal'.
Our family dinners where they rank the meal out of ten. (I often get 8's and 9's BTW)
Our family handball championships.
Our family bike rides.
Our family '4 in a bed' selfies
So, while a lot of my friends are sad that they'll miss their kids now that school is back, I'm looking forward to spending much more time with them.
Hooray for school
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