Precious children

So proud of my boy today at this week's local Day Centre visit. He sat and hugged 4-5 carefully chosen old ladies for quite a long time. Pretty sure he made their day. When I asked how he chose who he wanted to hug, he shrugged and said "they chose me." He's such a precious boy. Balances out the challenges. One lovely German lady, one of their favourites, also gave them £1 each for ice creams. Such a wonderful gift to them, such a kind thing to do. We're so lucky to connect with such lovely souls. ❤️🥰

Third day of summer holidays

Kids chatted to the old folk for an hour at the local Day Centre this morning. We all had a lovely time. Good to see some now familiar faces and some new ones too. ❤️ Took the kids to a charity shop after so they could choose to spend some of their money from their money boxes. They were so excited to be spending their own money and carefully counting out around £2 each. A morning of good and enjoyable life lessons.

This afternoon, I spent 1.5 hours chilling in the pool with the boy, while girlie played happily with sand and water. It's been a blissfully relaxed day. The only thing missing was their daddy and my lovely man. 🌞🥰

A relaxing Monday afternoon

Son asked for a times tables poster, which I obligingly purchased. Now I'm lying in the sun being tested on my times tables skills. 😂

Camping weekend

A weekend of happy kids running free and playing with friends. A weekend of happy adults chatting with other adults. A weekend of rain, feeling cosy in the tent, sunshine and fresh air, green all around.

Camping feet don't appear to want to scrub clean. Seems I brought the weekend home with me on my soles as well as in my soul. Dirty feet are happy feet.

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End of year report time

So proud of the kids' reports. Son is exceeding in almost everything, but the best bit was his compassion and kindness towards others, often volunteering to be a friendship buddy for others when they need support. ❤️ Daughter has made a great start at preschool, doing wonderfully academically and finally starting to settle well after near constant anxiety at drop off. 🙏 I think they'll both have a great year next year. Feeling thankful, blessed, lucky and so incredibly proud of my kind, loving, chatterbox, hard workers. ❤️❤️❤️❤️