It turned out to be anything but awful! The kids are having a blast!! And looking at the way their holidays were taking shape the first thing I did was put up a planner for the kids!There was way too much happening! I realized that it wasn't going to be seamless days of idling, eating and reading (my idea of a summer break)! The holidays began with a massive dinosaur themed break-up party at school which set the ball rolling! After that there were pizza parties, brunch playdates, movie-dates, cupcake decorating-date, picnics and the all -important birthday parties!!
On the days they were not too busy having fun with friends, they entertained themselves at home- decorating pumpkins ( forced to buy them these days!!), helping the helper with the housework, doing 'experiments'
Most times, I enjoy being a part of their action but sometimes I like to simply watch- their heads bent over the
paints, their tongues sticking out just a wee bit, their constant light-hearted banter ( a lot of it has started), their undisguised glee over small thrills!
I realize that their summer holidays will be very different from next year. For starters, Shriya who will still be in kindergarten will have a different month off as compared to her Primary school going brother. The brother would want to do 'big boy'stuff and the sister might have her own wishlist. Different summer breaks, different friends, different fun!
It's definitely the end of a Phase! So, playground or not, we are all out to make this summer as memorable as we can!
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