Summer Holidays, Summer Glory Days

Well, this is something I wasn't expecting. I am sitting here with EssexSprogGirl and EssexSprogBoy, watching Toy Story 2 (for the fifth time in 24 hours - that's called Slack Parenting in Action) and feeling really rather sad that the summer holidays are coming to an end tomorrow.

At the start, I was one of those eye-rolling parents, cynically quoting how many hours we had left to endure and wishing away the days and weeks. But actually, I've really rather loved the summer holidays. Well, these last few weeks anyway.

Partly, I know, it's because it's great not to have to do the school run every day or pack a lunchbox or search for a missing school shoe. But, also, it's just been rather fun, lolling about, visiting the park, having the children's friends over for the day. We've camped (in the front room), been to the beach, lunched, danced, visited a theme park, watched Toy Story 2 and made dens in the dining room amongst other things.

Tomorrow, life goes back to normal. I'm going to miss the summer holidays.