You know when the summer holidays are about to start and you have that wonderful feeling of no more school runs for a while? Then it hits you. You still have to go to work, juggle the childcare somehow and pack some good family time for all of you on your days off. This week has been a bit crazy with a long trip down south for work things and then a long trip back up north for more work things and trying to entertain two little boys who like nothing more than jumping on each other constantly and ignoring everything I say. I’m sure I’ve told them to “BE CAREFUL!!” at least 25 times each day and they never are. They’re loving all the rough and tumble and covering any room they touch with a million toys. We don’t play “Lava” in this house, we play “Lego”. Your punishment for a wrong step is a very sore foot. I suspect this is going to be the theme for summer holidays this year. We’ve realised we need to book a holiday with just vast open space for the boys to roll about on. At the moment, staying at home is equally as tempting!
We did manage a trip to Eureka this week and it was a lot of fun. Its a tiny bit too old for the toddler to fully appreciate but there’s more than enough to keep even him entertained and if you don’t mine toddler tantrums every so often as you prise him from section to section, then it’s such a good way to keep them entertained indoors on rainy dull days. The boys favourite bit is always the motor vehicles section. I duly followed as all three of them jumped from car to truck to car, all clambering in at once and then fighting for the steering wheel. You’d think the biggest boy might be a bit more patient but I decided to perch myself on some tyres and let them argue it out.
Z has been a few times and still loves it so I think we’ve got a good few years of fun left in there. He’s now got to a stage where he can sprint from section to section and it’s really easy to lose sight of him in seconds. I have visions of our future visits involving Z running as fast as he can, the toddler chasing him and me chasing them both.
Wow, look at his stride! He does look like he can run very fast. And how cute is E in the policeman outfit?
What is it with ‘very big boys’? My husband is just the same with cars and footballs – his need to get near them is apparently far greater than the kids’ need!
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Ha I always have the hardest time dragging the biggest one away from anything!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
He certainly looks like a sprinter! What a great place for kids to visit, actually I’d rather like to go too.
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It’s really good. You might be closer to Kidzania in London which is a newer kind of version but Eurekas still really good!
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Lego is the worst thing in the world to tread on. I loved.it (as a toy) and hated it (as a destroyer of feet and hoovers) when my boys were growing up x
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Lego keeps them entertained for soooo long. Would be lovely if it could pick itself up!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
Oh yes I can relate to having to chase after the children. This looks like a fab place for keeping them amused though 🙂
It’s such a good place. Hard trying to get them back out of the place though!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
It can be such a stressful time when the school holidays start…spinning all the plates to keep everyone happy.
It looks like you are doing a grand job so far!
Oh E is so cute in that policeman’s outfit… and I think you’ve a sprinter on your hands there 😀
Have fun!
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He doesn’t ever stop. I think I might have a sore throat by the end of the holidays with all the shouting!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
Aha! Lego is the worst thing ever to stand on. Been there done that several times. lol
Fab photos. Your boys are growing up so quickly. x
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I can’t believe Z will be in Year 2 when he goes back again!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
It’s tricky trying to keep them entertained during the holidays, isn’t it? When we go away we always ensure we go to places where they can just run around and blow off steam.
It’s such a perfect kind of thing at the moment. There’s a huge gap in the market for just charging kids to run around open fields!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
Looks like fun was had by all. Never visited despite always promising myself I would
Oh you really should. It’s such a good place for adults as well as kids!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
That looks like a fab place to visit. I love all your pics but your last photo especially. It sounds like you’ve had a very busy first week. I hope you also get to relax a bit on your holiday. Maybe you can sit and watch the boys race about? 🙂
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Sitting down and just watching them run about would be perfect. Someone needs to start a place like that 🙂
Love the image of you all in the light projection. I’d love to visit Eureka with my two. Alas, a little far away unless I was passing through. #MySundayPhoto
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It’ll be the ideal stop for you next time you’re on your way to Scotland!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
Beautiful photos, I love the second one, the effect is incredible.
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Thanks Darren. Their light and music exhibit was a lot of fun. Think it’s their newest bit.
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Those are long sprinting legs, mine used to run in opposite directions #MySundayPhoto
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Ours have started doing that. I think I’m going to keep very fit chasing them about!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
I think we are just coming out of the Lego phase. It makes me quite sad, although it has taken over H’s room completely. He still plays with it, but not as much. I’m glad to see the back of the school run, but you are right you end up doing other things and trying to juggle.
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We are collecting so much of it at the moment. It’s all mega blocks but I think lego will eventually come.
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
That really sums up the summer holiday essence! Feel your LEGO pain.. We’ve managed to go years without an incident but one week into the holidays and I’ve stepped on it twice! Hope the rest of the holidays go well for you lovely! 🙂 x
He looks so cute in the police shirt.
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Thanks Carol. He didn’t want to take it off!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
What a great place to visit with kids. Hope the work trip went well. What a wee sprinter. It’s so hard balancing work and kids. Feel for you hon xx
Hope you’re managing to balance everything ok at the moment too x
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I thought that was a lorry stuck at first! #MySundayPhoto
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It’s one of their most popular vehicles in the whole place I think!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
The next Usain Bolt in the making! Sounds like a fun, if not exhausting day out.
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It’s fun but definitely tiring. If you pop back for the holidays then worth a visit!
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It must be hard juggling school holidays and work, especially with two energetic little boys, whom I may add are very handsome. I hate lego with a vengeance, love to play with but absolitely a nightmare when trodden on. My boys bedroom is full of it x
Thanks Angelica. I think I may hate lego by the end of the holidays!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
We play Lego in our house too! 😀 Good luck for the rest of the summer hols, such a juggling act! Love the sound of Eureka too, I know my boys would be fighting over the steering wheel! 😀 #sundayphoto
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If you happen to come up this way then definitely worth popping into!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
Eureka always sounds like such a great place. Love that last shot of Z running.
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It’s really good. N would really love it i think!
Notmyyearoff recently posted…School holidays, work and all the juggling
great sprinting picture, not so sure about the psychedelic one.
Yes school holidays are difficult when you have child care to juggle.
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Oh yes, a carpet full of Lego. I think that’ll be a common find in most houses this summer, especially with the weather so wet!!
It sounds lovely to have them all together and enjoying the summer, even if the oldest isn’t always as patient as you’d like!! But still lots of fun, Eureka is somewhere we haven’t got to yet.
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Oh it is such a juggling act isn’t it. I am still on maternity leave at the moment so it is nice to not have to worry about who will look after the children or rushing in the morning to get to work.
I hope you enjoy the rest of the holidays with your lovely boys
I can just picture you in hot pursuit of them both. Luckily as they hit the teen stage, they slow right down so you only have a few years of chasing!
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