50 days of River

Fifty days of River: Connection, isolation and everything in between.

travel

  • A Little Dutch Adventure

    Well, we’re back from our little Dutch getaway. A few months ago when we were talking about the holidays, we were trying to decide if it was worth going abroad. It’s stupidly hot and extremely expensive so we were leaning against it, but then a thought popped into my head about some old friends of… Read more

  • First time at legoland

    So, the holidays continue and a few bits and pieces have happened but I’ve decided to circle back because I know what you’re all really interested in. How is Legoland with River? Well, sit back, grab a cold glass of something and enjoy the rollercoaster that was. We were very fortunate to be given tickets… Read more

  • The Different Kinds of Support

    The Clubs That Aren’t There How did I ever write this blog every day last year? Summer declared on Monday night that she wanted to go to a camp, so a quick booking later meant she was off to art camp the next morning (with a questionable lunchbox). Which left just River and me. There’s… Read more

  • Ready to Sparkle

    A Heatwave and a Small Vampire Where to start? It’s been a couple of weeks since I wrote and somehow we’ve already made it to another half-term. But this time there’s a heatwave. So no all-inclusive holiday for us. Well, it’s still all inclusive for the children, but that mostly involves me becoming Head Snack… Read more

  • Easter Holidays, No Plan (Well… Almost)

    So, it’s been a while, apologies for this. That second part of the spring term, although short, felt busy. I also got sick (spring flu), and I’ve been working on another project which I’ll talk about later. But for now, it’s the Easter holidays and, sadly, our holiday fund is empty, so we’re staying in… Read more

  • holiday limits

    Poolside Battles A few tears today. It’s our last day and I’m ok with that. River has reached his holiday limit and, if I’m honest, I think we all have. We could probably do with seeing some different faces. After River point blank refusing to go anywhere near the pool all week, yesterday I put… Read more

  • Military Operation: Family Holiday

    Escaping January We escaped the cold and the rain and jetted off to the Canary Islands for half-term. The thought of finishing work only to spend a week planning activities, walking to them in the rain while Kike worked, just made me miserable. Why are we waiting for summer to go on holiday? I actually… Read more

  • Bye Bye, Holiday Home

    The last day was fairly muted. River had decided he wanted to go home and spent most of it saying “bye bye holiday.” We went to the playground where he fell off the zip wire, spectacularly. I felt awful for laughing once I realised he’d genuinely hurt his knee. There was a brief attempt at… Read more

  • Christmas, Slowed Right Down

    It’s 5pm on Christmas Day and I’m back at the playground, listening to Disney tracks in Spanish. So much for a traditional Christmas. I woke up at 4am and put a few little presents at the end of each of their beds. I was awake again by 7, convinced Summer must be up but no.8.30am,… Read more

  • Finding Our Rhythm (Eventually)

    This blog post feels muddled because it is muddled. It was written over a few days, in snatched moments, and honestly that mirrors how my head has felt. The hotel is huge, a maze of elevators, tunnels and dark pockets of fake volcanic rock. It’s built into a castle, which sounds magical, but mostly means… Read more