The weekend…..A time for relaxing, unwinding and generally shaking off the stress of the week. A chance to see your friends, do a bit of shopping and have a lie in, bliss!
REWIND!
That's how it used to bc (before children)

When I was a kid I remember the weekend being a rather laid back time. Ok, my mum spent the whole of Saturday morning doing the house work, but the rest of Saturday was a doddle. On a Saturday afternoon we did a bit of shopping or visited family and generally it was a peaceful happy time.

Sundays were of course "Roast" day and in the afternoon my dad used to frequently take us all out for a ride around the countryside. If we were lucky, on a Sunday evening in the summer, it was out for a drink and there we sat happily on a pub lawn, with our bottle of cola and packet of crisps. In the winter, my parents used to take us to the Square D Club where we socialised with other families and played a game of darts. If we were especially good, sometimes we would get a bag of chips on the way home. Weekends were a happy relaxing time and we spent it together as a family, doing things we all enjoyed.

How times have changed! Weekends now seem to be as hectic as the week and I seldom feel that I have had a break from the merry go round. We start off early Saturday morning with a trip to the County Ground, where my oldest has football training. Then at eleven myself and Michael meet at the door. He is on his way back and I am on my way to take Abbie to ballet. It is then home for lunch and after that it’s time to take Abbie back for a ballet rehearsal (Abbie is going to be in a show in June.) Quite often there is also a birthday party going on that we need to take one of the other children to and from. So that’s it, Saturday has passed in a blur of manic activity.

Sunday we barely catch our breath as Callum has a football match. By the time Callum returns from playing, it is too late to do much and Cal is usually too tired to do anything by then anyway. So then it’s Sunday evening and preparing for school on Monday.

Oh boy! I can’t wait until our holiday at the end of June, I need a rest and we all need some much treasured family time, where everybody is relaxed and happy rather than tired and stroppy. And if the kids try booking up activities here there and everywhere on the camp, woe betide them because they are banned and Rory the Lion, Anxious the Elephant and Naughty Ned are going to get it!