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To be counting down the days till school starts!

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Exhaustedmummy1811 · 05/01/2019 16:59

I am a mum of 4 currently 27 weeks pregnant with my 5th. These holidays feel like they have dragged, I love spending time with my children but we have run out of all the planned fun activities now. I have spent so much of the holidays cleaning the house and half the time looks like I haven't bothered haha
The kids are constantly 'bored' despite the abundance of art and crafts, baking, role play games, walks in the country side we are doing.. I just want my peace and quiet back now, does that make me a terrible mum?

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PotteryGirl · 05/01/2019 18:19

I work in a school...I'm ready to go back, I've missed the children, my work colleagues and my routine. Bring it on..😊

MaverickSnoopy · 05/01/2019 18:20

I equate the school terms and holidays to the seasons. When it's the end of summer I look forward to cooler days and all that autumn and winter have to bring and at the end of winter I can't wait for longer days and sunshine. In turn I long for school holidays at the end of term and at the of the holidays I long for the return to school although as soon as it's the school term I miss having my eldest around.

This Christmas has been a washout for us. We've all been ill and have spent nearly every day indoors since school broke up (bar a trip to see family on Christmas day, a trip to Tesco and a trip to the park). We all have major cabin fever and are ready to go back to school. 7yo and 2yo are increasingly fighting and are bored. Their screeching is waking my now very overtired and unwell 11wo.

I am longing to get back into our usual routine but ironically will miss having them all at home.

DaphneFanshaw · 05/01/2019 18:21

yabvu. I am back at work on Monday and feel like wailing “ I don’t wanna go to school.”
I will quite happily lounge around in a onesie eating cheese and chocolate for another couple of weeks.

IdentifyasTired · 05/01/2019 18:29

Partly looking forward to it. To get some peace and give the house a good clean and tidy. But God I'm not looking forward to the busyness. I hate being busy.

MinorRSole · 05/01/2019 19:21

I'm dreading it! We've had a wonderful time together and I'm going to miss them all so much. It's not always been like this, my eldest has somehow turned into a successful and gainfully employed adult but he was a bloody nightmare child! I think part of the reason I find holidays so blissful now is because it's so easy compared to how it used to be and the other 3 dc are very chilled.
It's the thought of back to routine and studying plus dc2 has exams and I have training - I'll miss the long lies!

brighteyeowl17 · 05/01/2019 20:34

Not as a teacher

megletthesecond · 05/01/2019 20:36

Yanbu.
I've barely come up for air for the last four weeks. I think I'm numb to it now.

MrsWillGardner · 05/01/2019 20:37

Mum of 5 here too and I’m soooo looking forward to next week!! Although 3 of mine are back Tuesday and 2 on Wednesday, rather than Monday.

THE END IS IN SIGHT!!!

RedWineIsFabulous · 05/01/2019 20:40

Yabu

I hate them going back to school. I seco f what Laiste says.

Mine went back in Thursday and I was gutted. As was DH.

BooseysMom · 05/01/2019 20:43

MaverickSnoopy..Christmas has been a wash-out with us too due to illness. I work part time and get back to work from being sick to find i have been referred to occupational health! Lovely thanks! .. Just what can those prying ba**ards do to help when DS brings home every virus going and inevitably passes them on?! I have had 3 occasions of sickness in 6 months and now this. Anyway sorry I'm going off thread. How on earth do people manage with 2 or more I'll never know... hats off to you xx

tor8181 · 05/01/2019 20:56

not us we home educate and love it

we actually look forward to all the school kids going back

most home edders i know hate the holidays/half terms as the school kids disrupt our lifestyle

theres 2 adults, 2 kids(14,8) and both adults are carers to kids so we have so much time to do stuff together and are usually day in day out together

kids are a 24 hour job(disabilities needs)but we love this life

educational days out,swimming pools to our self,parks,holidays at the drop of a hat as they are very cheap for 4 days (we did 16 last year)

getting up when we want and doing what ever work or activities when ever we want

no crying or suffering in the cold dark mornings on the way to school or coming home in the dark,i live on the same street as a school as always hear the kids moaning

bobstersmum · 05/01/2019 21:08

Although I agree it's been chaos, I will miss my two when they go back on Monday! In fact my very difficult almost 5 year old has actually been behaving much better this last week, he's actually been lovely, I'm dreading him turning back into a monster. My other one has eaten better and put weight on while he's been off and he just looks healthy for a change, he's usually like a stick insect, so again I'm not looking forward to school. A bit of peace will be nice though!

formerbabe · 05/01/2019 21:12

They have dragged. I think it's because Christmas fell on a Tuesday so it came round quickly once the schools broke up. Then once its over, it's a lot of post Christmas blues combined with cabin fever and boredom. My dc are so ready to go back! Can't wait!

TigerTooth · 05/01/2019 21:54

I feel quite jealous of how easy my parents had it in the holidays - we didn't have any trips or laid on entertainment. We just went out and knocked for the other children in our street and we played and went back in for lunch then out again until tea. We sorted out our own entertainment and differences and if we were bored we'd have to sort that too.
My kids cant go out safely without an adult even though we live in the same part of London that I grew up in.

I'll be glad for me when the holidays are over - I always find the xmas ones too long as its so cold so any outings are expensive, but my DS3 is pretty miserable at school so not pleased for him.

TigerTooth · 05/01/2019 22:06

not us we home educate and love it

we actually look forward to all the school kids going back

most home edders i know hate the holidays/half terms as the school kids disrupt our lifestyle

theres 2 adults, 2 kids(14,8) and both adults are carers to kids so we have so much time to do stuff together and are usually day in day out together...

Well if this is anything to go by - poor kids! Please get them an English Tutor!

moresproutspleasemum · 05/01/2019 22:17

Lol Laiste this is EXACTLY how I feel!!!

OrigamiZoo · 06/01/2019 00:26

Agreed, as soon as they say 'bored' I have chores and they are bored no more!

I could do with another week or two frankly, but then I am a childminder and just love chilling with my two. Next week I will have up to eight for tea after school, and I freelance the inbetween hours.

Choccywoccyhooha · 06/01/2019 00:37

Mine went back on Friday. For the first time ever I was really sad to see the end of the holidays, but it is my first term with all three in full-time school and the first time in ten years that they'll all be out of the house 5 days a week, 8.30-3.30.
Not helped by the fact I'm terrified about my new job which starts next week.
I wish I could wind the clock back two weeks and start the holidays all over again.

JemSynergy · 06/01/2019 00:56

One of my children broke up two weeks before xmas which was a nightmare for me because I had been planning my milestone birthday arrangements for just after xmas but since they broke up earlier than most they went back sooner so I had to cut our holiday abroad short. Having said that I am glad it is all back to normal now.

LuggsaysNotaWomen · 06/01/2019 01:04

I usually wish the holidays were longer with my four, but this one has been super busy (also have two birthdays next week... and another tens days after that) and the kids are bored and I’ve run out of steam, so I’ll be glad to pack them off on Tuesday.

MidniteScribbler · 06/01/2019 01:09

not us we home educate and love it

Do you teach them punctuation and grammar?

tillytrotter1 · 06/01/2019 03:41

Back in 3rd here!

Stupomax · 06/01/2019 03:51

Mine have been back for three days already.

The first couple of days back were awful because everyone had got so used to late nights and late mornings, and we were all knackered.

gcscience · 06/01/2019 04:15

I understand completely. I have four kids, but older than yours at 13, 16, 19, 21. (No chance of any more as I am on HRT lol!) I can tell you that it definitely gets easier as your last child gets older. They become more self sufficient in some ways (though not in others). eg no breast feeding/starting nursery and school/getting themselves to school or clubs/making their own breakfast/bathing themselves etc.

This holiday has been a nightmare though as two of my children are incapable of clearing up after themselves; the oldest has been home from uni and has been extremely ill and needing constant care (diagnosed with chronic illness), and the 19-y-old (at sixth form) has a boyfriend who stays round alt, eats all the food and doesn't clear up after himself. So I hate to moan but it's like having 5 kids and I can't wait for school to start again! I seem to be filling up the salt in the dishwasher constantly! It is definitely easier than being a parent to 4 little ones though!

gcscience · 06/01/2019 04:18

Do you teach them punctuation and grammar?

Sorry, my last post was awash with exclamation marks!!!

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