Good morning all,
I know my three are older, six, but I wish you could all have seen us yesterday on our journey home from France. We left the house at 9am and finally arrived home at 9.45pm, we live 10 mins from the port ar Dover. Two at the back and one in the middle in our Galaxy, car loaded front, back, top and bottom, get the picture? We had gone about 10 miles when it came.........are we nearly there yet? We stopped every 2 hours for a break, in between it was a constant round of........wheres my tape, can I have something to eat, can I have a drink, he keeps looking at me, Ive dropped my book, my bum hurts, I need a wee, I need a poo, its too hot, shes just hit me, he said I am deaf, he said I am stupid, when are we going to get there, I feel sick, its boring................now do you get the picture? Harry driving and me being a contortionist with a bad back from lifting the suitcases. The route was fine until we got to Rouen where we ended up missing our turning, Harry shouted at me...........cant you see on the map where we are, no I said, for Christs sake look, just pull over and you look I said, would he? No. So we spent the next 45 mins going round in circles. Eventually he stops, snatches the map and says, Ill do it myself! He does, and within minutes of getting us back on track he once again loses us and we head off back from where we came! So now here I am, its 6am, up since 5am after going to bed at midnight, too hot to sleep, cat throwing itself at the kitchen door to get upstairs, and the washing machine on its 3rd go! Was it all worth it? Yes! We saw a fantastic area of France, we were near the Puy de Dome, in the Volcanic park, the children were fascinated, took them down inside a volcano, went to Vulcania where it has everything to do and learn about volcanoes and the earth, so much for the kids to do, well worth a visit. They played in the wonderful garden from morning til night, watching the bats flying out of the barn, hunting for crickets in the dark with their torches, chasing chickens from the farm next door who were frequent visitors, along with the farm cats, they had a ball and I think have learnt alot. Not once all week did they ask for the telly, there was not one there and it was not missed..............but! Straight in the door last night and into cartoon network! Everyone still asleep, and I am going back to bed! Nice to be back on here though!