School Holidays

I'm loving the school holidays!

It's not a huge deal in our house yet - I've only got one at school, my other two littlies are at 3 year old kinder and part-time daycare. But last week I booked holidays from daycare for Chace and Alexis too and it's been absolute bliss! No running around getting kids here and there on time; no rushing to get me to work on time; no nagging the kids to get dressed/brush teeth/get in the car. It's been jarmies until mid-morning (ok, until lunchtime some days!) and pottering around doing bits and pieces.

I'm pretty lucky that my boss allows me to work from home from time to time. So last week that's exactly what I did. I spread my work hours across the whole week to work around lots of playtime with the kids. It's been fantastic!

I'm a bit of a neat freak but I've sent my inner-freak off on a holiday this past week too and let the kids get into some messy activities. We've been Masterchefs, Picassos and playdoh extraordinaries! We've built Lego cities that would make New York look boring! (Seriously, where in the world would you find a pink/red/yellow skyscraper with flower-clad wheels on top?!)

I've discovered that no one ever really grows out of the Muppets...and now my kids will be forever fans. Every few hours either myself or one of the kids will belt out a rendition of 'Am I a Muppet or a Man'...! Much like when Boo and I were little - we drove our own parents crazy singing 'Together Again' from Muppets Take Manhattan.

There's been hardly any fights, apart from a running race between Sienna and Chace to get to the first cupcake out of the oven last week...Chace won, Sienna got elbowed into the wall and has a considerable eggy bruise on her forehead to prove it!

Today it's catch up day before I head back to the office on Wednesday. Daycare bags need to be re-packed, routines need to be back in place. And they're still all being so good! Even being stuck inside with a rainy day threatening, at the moment all three are playing dress ups and giggling like crazy. It makes me realise just how fast my babies are growing up!

 - Mem x

Rise and shine

photo from peteralexander.com

Everyone has a morning routine or a 'habit' if you prefer. When you jump out of bed you usually go about your business the same way every day. Maybe a little different if you are on a day off but mostly the same.

I am one that slowly rolls out of bed, pop on my slippers, wrap myself up in my coral fleece dressing gown and head out to the kitchen. Of course then its time for some boring daily jobs. Empty the dishwasher, make breaky, clean bathrooms, make beds blah blah blah. I do all these jobs including sweep and mop the floors in my pjs and gown.

Sometimes I envy the other type of people that get up and jump straight in the shower and get dressed before doing anything else. But no matter how hard I try to convert, it just doesnt feel right.

Its time to accept that I am a Pj junky and happy to be one.

What sort of morning person are you???

Boo x