To ask how much money you spend in the summer holidays?

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When you’re at home with the dc?
I’ve two dc and we seem to be burning cash. They are 12 and 5 so tricky to please both. My 12 year old has ASD and struggles socially so is never off doing stuff with his friends. He’s always with me.
Over the last week or so we’re been bowling, to the cinema, to Pizza Hut, to a local theme park, to the beach, to a special evening show, to a local museum, to the zoo...
This week I am back at work three days, so dc2 is with the childminder which is expensive in itself and dc1 is at sports camp. Next week we’ve got two big outings planned on my days off, but dc1 has sports all week this week and dc2 is easier to entertain with the cheaper stuff. Tomorrow we will go to a nearby forest and do the trail and Friday we will go to a pretend beach and paddling pool that has opened up.
How much do you spend during a ‘typical’ week in the summer holidays? I think I spend about £600 last week, maybe more, but I suppose for three of us, doing the stuff we did that’s to be expected.

I think it's hard because as a single mum I entertain my dd all weekend too so holidays are just an extension of that!! We've had an awful day today, a cafe I was desperate to try out had ran out of food by the time we got there at 2pm and all we managed to get was a sickly cheese filled croissant, two drinks, a slice of cake and a bag of popcorn for £14!!!!! We then spent a wet afternoon in Bognor, my dd was starving and wanted a bag of chips but the fish and chip shop didn't have any chips!! Just wasn't our day.

My DDs are only 4&7 so as you say easier with free/cheap stuff. We've done splash park, library, couple of park playdates, lunch out, swimming. We've got a cheap museum trip and beach holiday coming up.

But I only try to be out for a morning or afternoon, the kids are quite happy to mooch at home.