It's all so quiet...

nothing happening.  

Kiddo's have been coming down with a sore throat, temp & achey bones bug which has floored them, one at a time for a couple of days at a time.

Loopy has missed the last day of school today with it, hey~ho

So this is the calm before the storm...6+ weeks of holidays for them

It doesn't seem to be the done thing, but I am looking forward to the summer holidays...we are broker than broke this year.  

Yet I'll take that challenge to enjoy ourselves on minimal budget!  

I've bought us family membership to The National Trust, 3 fabulous houses and grounds within a 30min drive of us, plus Corfe Castle if we make it to the seaside for a night this year - all included in our membership.  

It's valid for a year and will pay for itself over the next few weeks {I think it's money well spent}

A trip to a theme park, a night at the seaside, 2 days at the beach, LOTS of picnics, LOTS of taking the football, bikes et al to various parks.  No swim membership this year so probably not as much swimming but maybe a couple of swims at the Lido?

All on our wish list.

So I will attempt to take a photo a day, but perhaps don't hold your breath in expectation

So batten down the hatches, lock up the rum, a hurricane is a coming and it's looking very much like my kiddos!!