The first week of the new year back in the school and work routine went pretty well for us.
I had to wake the children up in the morning for the first few days as we all adjusted to having to get up and out the front door again, but by the end of the week they both seemed to have shifted their sleep patterns back to normal.
We were eased in to the routine a bit with cubs and rainbows not starting up again for another week, so we just had yoga club for Nerys and Taiko drumming for Rhys after school to fit in.
What was really lovely to realise was that the afternoons are already staying lighter, longer. Before Christmas it was dark by the time we headed back to the school gates at 4.20 when the clubs had finished. Last week though I suddenly realised it was still quite light at that time.
And on Friday when I was waiting around with Nerys for Rhys to finish his club we were treated to some gorgeous golden sunlight.
I don’t normally have the big camera with me on the school run but on the 10th of each month I try and take photos for the 10 on 10 project that I do to try and push myself a bit with my photography.
The challenge is simple, take 10 photos throughout the day on the 10th of each month.
This picture that I took of Nerys is one of the photos I took for that project this month and I really love it. She was posting some of the thank you letters that she and Rhys had written for their Christmas presents, and was perfectly highlighted by that golden winter light.
Some times that hour that we have to wait for a club to finish can feel like ages, especially if it’s raining and we mainly just sit and wait in the car. Now the afternoons are getting lighter though it’s actually really quite nice to have that one on one time with each child while we wander the local shop and wait for the other one to finish. Because of course I couldn’t find clubs that they wanted to do that were on the same day!
Do your children do after school clubs?
How do you find juggling them if you have more than one child?!
Looks like you really made the most of that hour of golden light – what a lovely capture!
Thank you, the light was so gorgeous, I’m so happy I caught this photo! x
Such a lovely photo. Olivia goes to after school club three days a week and then tennis club once a week. There pretty much left to their own devises at after school but she loves Tennis.
Thank you! I think it’s the same at normal after school club at our school, the children just have fun together! x
I love that clubs never start for another week after term starts, it really helps us get into a good routine too. Love that photo – the sky is so blue! x
I don’t think I would cope if everything started back up straight away at the start of term! x
Its a lovely photo. I find the juggle of clubs to please them both hard work x
Thank you! You have a similar age gap to me don’t you, so it’s things like one being in Rainbows and the other in Brownies! x
That’s such a lovely picture. Toby and Gabe both go to after school club on a Tuesday but that’s wrap around care. There aren’t any other clubs for Reception and Toby isn’t doing any at the moment because the clubs for his year group are on the same day as Beavers and he doesn’t want to do both. Luckily we live close enough to school that it’s easy enough to pop home and come back again if one of them has a club without the other 🙂 I’m sure it’s only going to get more complicated as they get older though!
I hope things do manage to stay quite straightforward for you as they get older! If we lived a little bit closer to school it would be easier, but we’re just far enough away that it’s a faff to go home between school and club pick up times! x