I think you all know me a little better than that by now though don't you..... nothing is EVER quite so sugary sweet here in Troll Manor. I fully expect lots of this...
Am I the only person in the world driven mad by their kids? I shall try my best to provide 24 hour entertainment, but I can't promise it's going to be pretty.
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Get a plan, in fact, in true teacher style, I used to create a weekly timetable. I used to research all the cheapest things to do, places to go and build in three 'do nothing' days. Try the local council website, they sometimes organise fun days in parks, museums and so on and they are sometimes free, the library sometimes does a story/draw day, and the leisure centre sometimes does play sessions with an inflatabel octopus, lots of balls and go mad and splash for an hour. walk and a picnic a week, visit rellies one day or even leave them with friends and rellies one day. as i always worked, it was nice to be home with them and mine have a six year age gap so they didn't fight, they just ignored each other or fought for my attention. i used to max out my national trust membership and get the best out of it for walks and picnics, plus the extras which were of no extra charge such as treasure hunts, art days and come and dress up in old clothes days, also the beach, walks in forest. I used to make sure their days were so packed that they were totally knackered to coming home asleep on the bus or car! camping was another cheapy for us, research cheap quiet campsites, take a little gas cooker and live off beans and bacon and orange squash. it was exhausting and i was always ready for them to go back to school but I would give up everything i have to spend one hour with them young, at home with me and still mine xxx froogs
that should say - build in three do nothing days a week, i would have an at home day, every other day, where we would slob, or have kids round, watch tv or hang out in the back yard (lived in the centre of plymouth when the kids were at school)
This is interesting actually, and it highlights the complete differences between living in London and living just about anywhere else in the country.
We are very able to do the parks idea and do so regularly and last year had lots of picnics so that is something we can do again, but national trust and camping and days at the beach are expensive for us as we generally have at least an hours drive to anything that is remotely near (Chartwell house is the nearest( just FYI), or Hever Castle which we do have a season ticket for and will be visiting) so we are looking at half to a full tank of petrol which is £30 to £60 just to get somewhere unfortunately these days.
There are of course museums and galleries in London which are free, but with three children between the ages of 12 ( aka 'Kevin' Mum this is soooo boring) and 4 ( toilet mum - oops too late :( ) getting to these places using London transport can be expensive and very stressful as we still have to use a pushchair for the WeeMan and carry food, drink, changes of clothes etc for 5 people, so an option but not all that apealing to be honest.
Then of course your suggestion of the relatives which is an excellent one and my mum does in fact take them off my hands, sometimes for several days at a time during holidays, which is great all round, they love it as she has a garden they can play in, I love it because it's a little peace and quiet and she loves it because, well because she loves them>
I think my biggest problem with having them all at home is that our house is very small and we have no garden that they can play in. I'm simply not prepared to let them roam the streets as some kids do round here, it's not safe, but I do love spending time with my kids and I shall miss them terribly when they are gone.
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