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To be this excited for back to school?

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 01/09/2025 16:27

Sad Pauly D GIF by A Double Shot At Love With DJ Pauly D and Vinny

So far today I have said 'no' to dd for

Taking the cheerios to play with in the living room
Trying to make a paddling pool in the hallway with water from the sink
Finding the vanish carpet cleaner and excitedly spraying it
Trying to eat more biscuits than allowed
Sitting on me
Refusing to eat lunch (pasta which she wanted) and trying again to have biscuits

Tomorrow morning, we will be back to normal. I've made it through!

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TriciaA1991 · 05/09/2025 08:21

I'll be the exception to the rule here and say I loved school holidays! Adult children now BUT I loved not having to rush to get them to school, after school clubs, bed by a reasonable time, etc. Husband worked away a lot so was mainly me (5 children). Daughter has just had her first summer hols with three and said she loved it too. Said she won't know another as she will be back at work for the others.

SaidAHipHopTheHippieToTheHippie · 05/09/2025 08:25

Excited ABOUT.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/09/2025 08:29

SaidAHipHopTheHippieToTheHippie · 05/09/2025 08:25

Excited ABOUT.

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Get to pedants corner!

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PestoHoliday · 05/09/2025 08:31

@TriciaA1991 I agree, I love the holidays and hate the morning arguments involved in getting them to school on time.

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/09/2025 08:45

TriciaA1991 · 05/09/2025 08:21

I'll be the exception to the rule here and say I loved school holidays! Adult children now BUT I loved not having to rush to get them to school, after school clubs, bed by a reasonable time, etc. Husband worked away a lot so was mainly me (5 children). Daughter has just had her first summer hols with three and said she loved it too. Said she won't know another as she will be back at work for the others.

I must admit, I did love the beginning of the holidays with dd. The first monday morning of the summer holidays is always lovely for some reason

But by the end, we needed our space 😭😭

Being at home with 5 though! I think that would be hard work but fun as you'd all have eachother

Feel for your dd, hopefully she can find a way to at least enjoy some of the hols with the kids xx

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/09/2025 08:46

TheNightingalesStarling · 02/09/2025 06:25

I was so looking forward to today. I WFH and have had two Secondary age kids (very nice individuals, but regularly needing things) for most of the summer. Had a quiet worked day planned and just PEACE.

DH is only bloody WFH as well and he is so blinking noisy with all his damn meetings. Grrrrr....
He's out a good chunk of tomorrow hopefully, perhaps until Friday evening.

😄😄😄 i dont blame you, sometimes you want your space without a man being there

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/09/2025 08:48

Natsku · 02/09/2025 06:12

Mine have been back a few weeks now (not in the UK), was quite happy for school to start back for my teenager so she would stop spending all day in bed! But my youngest started 1st grade and that made me sad, because he's no longer a little child, he's a (in his words) a schoolager now and I wasn't ready for that as he's still my baby.

But I was working all summer so didn't have to entertain anyone or think up what to do for lunch for 10 weeks. But I stayed at home when my DD was younger and I still was always a bit sad when the summer holidays ended, I enjoyed them (except for having to think up what to do for lunch for 10 weeks)

The never ending cooking i did during the summer omg

I do feel a bit sad that she is getting older 🥺, soon she will be a teenager wanting her own space 😭

but I am super excited to get home and watch This Morning uninterrupted by unlimited requests for snacks

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mumofoneAloneandwell · 05/09/2025 21:47

PestoHoliday · 05/09/2025 08:31

@TriciaA1991 I agree, I love the holidays and hate the morning arguments involved in getting them to school on time.

Got all of that to look forward to 😅

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