We made it to half term!
The Christmas holidays feel like so long ago, and the children are well and truly ready for a break from the school routine this week.
We had a lovely weekend to start the holidays too. The children had a sleepover at Nana and Pops’ house on Friday night, then they were home in time for Nerys’ party on Saturday afternoon. We just had her little group of friends round to the house again like we did last year and they all really enjoyed themselves.
They made some bracelets, played pin the horn on the unicorn, pass the parcel and musical statues and generally had fun playing together all dressed up in their princess dresses.
Steve had the brilliant idea to take Rhys on a long walk hunting for Pokemon for the duration of the party which, considering the shrieking and general levels of excitement at the party, was a wise move.
On Sunday we had a slow start to the day then it was swimming lessons followed by a visit to Victoria park by the beach.
It was such a gorgeous sunny day, there were quite a few other families out in the park, playing and having picnics, but it didn’t feel crowded which was great. The children could play on all the equipment that they wanted to, and Rhys made a new friend which was so lovely to see.
I’m finding myself stepping back a bit more with him, letting him get on with things by himself and it was so interesting to watch him slowly start chatting to this little girl in the park.
There have been so many times that I’ve wished I could be a fly on the wall at school to see what they get up to when I’m not there!
Now we have a whole week ahead of us to relax a bit, most likely visit a few different parks while the weather is still lovely and sunny and enjoy celebrating Nerys’ birthday some more – I can quite believe she’ll be five this week!
Are you on half term this week too or are your children back at school after a break last week?
Your weekend sounds like the perfect way to start half term, ours has just ended but the kids spent lots of time in the garden thanks to the glorious weather. Nerys’s party sounds lovely, I hope she has a fabulous birthday x #livingarrows
I hope you have a lovely week off. I am most jealous as we are back this week. Sounds like a great trip to the park, I really enjoy watching them make new friends. Only Monkey gets very attached and then doesn’t want to leave. Glad Nerys had a great party. xx
Thank you, we had a really lovely week! x
The weather certainly has been great for getting outside. May there be plenty more days full of sunshine. #LivingArrows
Sounds like Nerys had a lovely party! Hope you’ve had a good week, after such a lovely start? #livingarrows
I hope you had a really lovely half term – Christmas really did feel like such a long time ago! x
Oooh, I love Rhys’ confidence to go and talk to that girl. They both look so pretty.
Wasn’t the sunshine lovely! It looks like you’ve had a lovely week off x