Another day filled with sunshine!!

My prayers have at last been answered and we have now had 2 decent days of sunshine ~ today actually being sooooo hot that we had to bring all the children in this afternoon as they were all wilting a bit in the heat!! (See ~ I am never happy ha ha ~ when it rains I moan and when it is hot I moan tee hee hee!!!!!)

Tomorrow and Thursday are also meant to be gorgeous ~ with a storm breaking on Friday ~ aparently due to the heat (great!!). As it is the childrens last day at school tomorrow, they have been busy wrapping their gifts for their teachers and writing cards for them too ~ as they will both be moving up a year and onto a new class teacher. They had their school reports yesterday which were both excellent, I am very proud of them both ~ they are doing well and most importantly of all, they are both happy!!!

I spent today at my friend Junes house. June is also a childminder and I have known her for about 10 years now ~ we get together with the children that we care for ~ probably most days and especially during the summer holidays when we could have 10 children between us (yes we are insane!!!). As the weather is looking good for most of the week ~ we went and bought some new garden toys and pumped up the swimming pool and filled it with water ~ ready for a swim tomorrow!!




This is a skipping game ~ 2 people hold the ropes and 2 people skip (June and I had a go ~ but we laughed so much we nearly had an accident ~ if you get my drift!!!)

The pool all pumped up and ready to be filled with water ~ the pumping up part took AGES ~ as we couldn't find the electric pump, so we had to do it with the manual one!!!!!

Filling up nicely ~ while we have a little rest ~ pumping up pools is tiring work!!!

A football game for the boys ~ we had a go on this too (ha ha ) ~ I preffered the skipping!!!!
These are Junes Guineapigs ~ since our rabbit died, we have adopted the white one (she lives at Junes though!!) ~ and her name is Pearl. The other 2 are called Candy and Tamba!!
Daniel and Lauren are looking forward to it being their last day of term tomorrow ~ but they are a bit sad aswell, that they will be leaving their teachers and moving on!! I will be glad of 6 weeks with no school runs ~ no racing to be out of the house at 8.30am on the dot ~ no school uniform and no packed lunches to make!! Instead the children can lie in a bit and we don't have to rush around (much!!) ~ so things can be a bit more relaxed!!

Lauren has her dress rehearsal on Friday and then her show is over the weekend ~ she gets more excited by the day!! She goes to her dance summer school from 4th ~ 7th August and then after that we are hoping to get away for a break to my Mums for 10 days or so. I really really need a break ~ just from everything ~ and my Mum lives in a beautiful place ~ close to the sea, with lovely countryside and plenty to keep the children occupied!!!! So that will be a nice break ~ before I return to work and all the madness again!!!!