Have An Amazing Summer
A couple of weeks before the Summer holidays I sit and make a rough list of all the things I want to do with my kids(when I'm not shouting at them to stop arguing or to tidy up their mess). The list is always a list of the things that I think the kids will want to do and that will make for a great holiday. The reality is that my extravagant plans for days out or THAT ultimate craft project aren't at all what the kids want to do. This year we made a Summer Bucket List of things the kids did actually want to do and there were some really simple and cheap activities on there. A simple park visit always goes down well Things like a movie night or picnic in the local park weren't the things I would have come up with but it just goes to show that our over thinking is so unnecessary to keep our children happy. I always thought that my Summer holidays as a child were the most boring of all my friends and vowed that when I had kids they would have the most amazing holi