It is the beginning of the summer school holidays and as a mother I have survived the 1st half day! Chaos reigned at school pick up time, with parents dumping their cars in selfish, stupid places which caused a backlog of traffic outside of school along the road.
I promised the girls they could have two friends over each yesterday which didn't really work out as planned. I used this promise to extract good behavior from them ever since we moved into the house and I also wanted to see their school reports before I gave the final green light. This meant that they only got to make the invitations for their chosen friends two days before the end of term and Jemima went into a spin when she forgot to take hers to school. This meant that Jasmine just got to have one friend over and Jemima didn't get to have any friends. This resulted in a little sulking and a few tantrums but overall we all came through the afternoon rather unscathed.
I was very calm, explained things well and defused all arguments.
I attempted a Christmas artistic pizza, I cut pitta breads into Christmas tree shapes and topped them with pizza sauce, cheese and green pepper. I'm not sure any of them noticed but at least I tried!
I am grateful we have a pool.
Chris and I were talking yesterday and we haven't found so far there is too much upkeep involved in having a pool. After we moved in, I took a sample of the pool water to the local pool supply shop and they tested it. They gave me the appropriate chemicals to add along with clear instructions. All I have ever done since is dip a testing stick in every week, read the results and all has been great. Chris views his 'pool scooping' of all the leaves as therapy time. He wanders back and forth catching all the leaves in his net and seems to give a satisfying sigh when it is clear.
The girls and their friend yesterday had a great time swimming in the pool and creating a whirl pool in the spa. This meant there were no complaints of being bored and once they tired of that they were all happy to play a computer vet game on the laptop.
So roll on the next six weeks, I just can't believe it is Christmas next week!
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