Just Call Me Rudolph!

Bonjour!

Well it's been a jam-packed roller coaster of a week alright and now school's finished I feel like a deflated balloon! And now it's throwing it down with rain so that's even better!  The Y6 party was a great success midweek with all the kids dressed up in their 'sunday best' - was great to see them all bopping and jumping about on the dance floor - and as the weather was so nice they were in and out of the party room playing boisterously outside on the grass - just as children should, whilst the parents had a drink in the beer garden - just as adults should! Seriously though our young ones have a tendency to seem so grown up before their time these days - it was so refreshing to seem them all behaving just as kids!

As for the leavers assembly yesterday - well ... just a bit of background information for you here.  I cried when my kids started and left nursery. Same when they both started school. I also cried when my son left primary so I had a good idea of how yesterday would go!  It was a lovely assembly with the kids reciting their memories of school from reception through to Y6, a reading, a song or two and a slide show of the kids photos we'd all provided from reception to current day! As you can imagine it was a proper and I mean PROPER  'Kleenex fest' ... need I say more! My blogging bud Sharron from Style At Every Age left this comment on last weeks post ... 'Been there done that, it's hell on earth. Poor you I sympathise' ... I can confirm that this is an accurate description ... I am so no good at holding it in and resembled Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer by the time it was over!

My girl has also been a bit down with all the build up so this one's for her - she and her friends have done many a 'Wake-Up/Shake-Up' to this tune in the school playground over the last few months as well as bouncing around to it the other night at their party ...


Pharrell Williams - Happy ...

And on a 'happy' (sort of) note I can confirm that my Bourjois Volume One Seconde Waterproof Mascara held up it's end of the deal admirably - it didn't budge despite being saturated many times for most of the afternoon - full review will follow shortly!

How's your end of term been mums? Did you need your waterproof mascara?

Jen x

I Didn't Cry but I'm Gonna...!!

Bonjour!

No - it's true ... amazingly I didn't cry buckets at last week's Summer Show performance! Only welled up a little as the kids were singing the closing number!  I was so intent on filming the show and trying to focus is not easy at times when your eyes are losing their long sighted ability!

It was the best school Summer Show I've seen - based around the children's last day of school whilst they remembered their years in Primary ie comical sketches of past infant nativities, frantic registrations and school trips - the kids acted it out tongue in cheek to a tee and made us all laugh (and cry in some cases!).

I had asked our Y6 teacher if we could please have a cheerful song to finish the show - instead of the usual emotional ballads that have us crying buckets ... luckily she obliged with this one ...


We're All In This Together ...

So glad it was upbeat and bouncy - the kids all sang and bobbed around on stage with their pom poms and did us proud  - they are growing up so fast ...!

A frantic last week of school ahead - only 5 more drop offs/pick ups at Primary!  School picnic and walk/pilgrimage to a local church/abbey, Y6 leavers party, school leavers assembly, that will be mascara carnage - that's the one where even the 'hardest' of the mums are expecting to have a cry.  The kids have to take pics of their reception days in to make a collage - once I set eyes on the display that will be it - the Bourjois Waterproof mascara will really be put to the test as I'm even welling up just typing this and listening to the above track - think it will always remind me of my daughter's Primary days now - ahhh I'm so pathetic!!

It's going to be an emotional week and I'm going to be an emotional wreck so any useful tips on self control would be greatly appreciated!

Jen x

The Magic Number ...!

Bonjour!

Last Monday morning saw me at the school gates with the other Y6 mums waving my girl off on her week long residential trip.  I was composed -even after a last minute hug as she walked past wheeling her bulging suitcase which seemed to contain our kitchen sink! I was composed until the tiny reception and Y1/Y2 kiddies (they are so tiny!) came out to wave and cheer (what they consider to be) the 'big' kids off! Yep it's my fellow school mum's fault too because she started with a tear or two after pointing out how emotional it was and then I started - thanks goodness for sunnies in these situations!

Had to have a mini blogging break (this may be a bit of a ramble!) - as the girl wanted her room redecorating it seemed sensible to do it whilst she was away - so last week saw me on hands and knees or up a ladder paintbrush in hand. I was in charge of woodwork and the hubby did the walls. You know when the majority of the furniture is in the middle of the room (including wardrobes) leaving only a narrow gap to manoeuvre both yourself and a man of average size and build through - it reminded the hubby of how much he dislikes decorating! The exasperated huffing and puffing, sighs and tuts he emitted had me giggling hysterically as we struggled to get past each other, trying to beat the clock, in the confined spaces (I hate confined spaces anyway!). Reminds me of all the times he has had to put together self-assembly furniture and also those annual occasions just before Christmas as he tries to get the tree to stand up straight in the pot!   Here's the finished room - in two colours (by request) no less...!

Anyway, decorating done, my girl was due back today and I couldn't wait to see her ... so up we went to school at the designated time - to be told we'd all (the parents) read the letter wrong and the time was 3/4 hour  later. Went back a second time - then received a text from school to say the coach was delayed and would be another hour. Went back for a third time and there she was finally clutching her 'kitchen sink' suitcase!!  So in this case three really is The Magic Number ...!

What a superb track and how fantastic to see De La Soul grooving on down on The One Show the other night!  Right - off to persuade the hubby that we need fish and chips tonight - really don't feel like cooking and I have a suitcase full of damp dirty clothes to wash - I'm told there was a water fight on the last evening - nice!  I should also point out that as we 'speak' the bed in the above pic. is now littered once again with loom bands ... she's back!

Have a great weekend!

Jen x