Day 1 ~ and we all survived!!!!

Today is day one of the school holidays ~ it was the hottest day that we have had this year ~ by far!!! The sun shone and shone and shone some more!!! Between us today, my friend June and I had 10 children!! There were the odd moments of madness ~ the odd arguement ~ the odd thing that didn't go quite as planned ~ BUT all in all the first day of the Summer holidays was excellent and best of all ~ WE ALL SURVIVED IT !!!!!! TEE HEE!!!!!

The children have had a fantastic day ~ playing in the pool, skipping, playing football ~ sliding down the garden on the water slide ~ having a picnic lunch under the shade of a huge tree and then all collapsing inside to watch a DVD and cool down a bit. This is what Summer is all about ~ fun fun fun!!!! I took some really great photos ~ but as I do not have the permission of ALL the parents ~ I cannot post any of them ~ but they were good ~ all the children (almost) in the pool and some action shots of them flying down the water slide!! All in all ~ today was a totall success ~ only the rest of the 6 weeks to cope with now (!!!!!!!).

I have to take Lauren for her dress rehearsal tomorrow afternoon, so that she can have a full run through for the show and she will also collect her costume ~ which she is quite excited about. I have to get her hair all done and gelled back off her face and up in a bun (that is the bit that she hates ~ as she says it hurts her!!!) ~ she also has to wear her full dance school uniform ~ which she is looking forward to aswell (she does like to show off !!!). I am really looking forward to her doing the show ~ but I know that this coming weekend is going to be a bit mad and we are going to spend the whole weekend rushing around ~ just to get everywhere we need to be at the right time. I will post some photos of Lauren in her uniform and in her dance costume ~ when she has it tomorrow!!

I have still been humming all the ABBA songs that were in Mamma Mia last night ~ it was so good that I wish I could go and see it again ~ I know that it will be one to add to my collection when it comes out on DVD.

Before I go and fall into bed again (I am getting old!! I have a night out and then have to go to bed early the next night ~ I am soooo tired ha ha!!!!) ~ I would like to say a big THANK YOU to Karen over at Loved and Engraved for the lovely award that she has given to me. I have displayed it on the sidebar and would like to pass it on to everyone that visits and reads my blog ~ you are all wonderful and I couldn't possibly pick only a few of you ~ so you can all have a copy if you would like one!!!!!!!! Please display it with pride!!