The holidays are back! Fantastic! Suddenly the house is turned into warm and wonderful chaos - uniforms are thrown into the washing machine with more determination than usual, skates are left out by the backdoor and all holiday homework is firmly parked in the ’school basket’ to be ignored until the last minute! But this time I stupidly agreed to let my two younger ones go to Holiday Club - it does sound fancy but actually it is a bit of a parking space for busy working parents and what is on offer could easily be replicated at home - for film and popcorn read DVD and microwaved popcorn, for playstation tournament read - well what happens at home - anyway I paid up and walked them through the bright sunny morning to the Holiday Club - read Nissan Hut - and now I feel bereft - certainly I am working but I know they are probably looking around thinking - hmmm - Holiday Club indeed - I did try to explain to them that the description belied what was really on offer - it is all about managing expectations - I hate to think they are disappointed - yet another one of those harsh childhood lessons - extra marshmallows on frothy hot chocolate when they return and I have decided we should all go out to dinner (actually they are probably having a lovely time and it is just me suffering!!)

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