Home again. Disappointingly I’ve managed to peak too early. I’ve now got the prospect of the rest of the summer stretching ahead of me with no other plans. I’m not going anywhere else. My children are going to be doing some other stuff and will be spending a week of their summer with their father – although given his very expensive honeymoon I’m not sure they will be going very far.
I’m not sure I agree with the concept of a honeymoon “a deux” second time around. There are a lot of children involved who are all having to get used to a new world order and I would have thought it would have been much better to have taken all the kids with them (easy for me to say). Or am I wrong? What exactly is the purpose of a honeymoon (other than to recover from the exhaustion of the wedding) and does the concept of it still work in this modern age? I think I’d take my children with me….which probably explains the lack of wedding proposals thus far.
ANYWAY. We have Just had the most lovely holiday. All the kids are very happy and smiley. We managed to get all 9 of us safely back home all pretty much in one piece – although when going through the airport, passport control, security checks and coaches to the plane it really wouldn’t be difficult to lose one or two along the way. Builder Bloke was the only one who managed to sustain an injury (other than sore eyes and ears from too much swimming and sore limbs from hanging on to Banana Boats etc) whilst away – his son managed to give him a suspected broken nose by elbowing him whilst running away from a wave. It is now black and blue. He keeps asking if I think it’s broken but it’s hard to tell – it’s quite lumpy, but I think it was like that before.
August 1st, 2010 at 11:20 am
the restorative benefits of a holiday are immense…however broken nose and 7 kids is a big ask…so admire you!
saz x
August 1st, 2010 at 2:55 pm
Yeah, who wants St Lucia, anyway. The Algarve with twenty kids (it was 20, wasn’t it?) and a broken nose, what more could you want?
August 1st, 2010 at 5:13 pm
Not sure I’d want 9 kids on my honeymoon I have to say.
And yes, the nose sounds like it’s broken.
Glad you had such a good time.
August 1st, 2010 at 8:04 pm
Ouch….
Sounds as though you had a great holiday though. x
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:04 am
I think it’s a mum thing to always think of the kids.
I would have thought it would have been betterto have a family holiday now and have a couple holiday in a year or so when the families have sorted through some stuff.
But that’s their choice.
August 2nd, 2010 at 8:06 am
Yes. Quite true. That’s their choice. We’re all different. Lx
August 2nd, 2010 at 12:18 pm
We’re in the same boat, just got back from Portugal with a looooong school holiday ahead of us.
I too have suspected wave inflicted broken bones. My ten year old clattered into me when he got wiped out bodysurfing, and having had broken ribs in the past, I’m fairly sure it’s happened again.
August 2nd, 2010 at 1:51 pm
Good grief – exactly the same then!! Poor you Lx