Holiday….celebrate…[to be sung]
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Oh me love this! I saw one of these on Emma Bradshaw’s blog and totally and immediately hearted it. A wee catalogue card with your own list of joy/evil complete with handwritten scribblings. It’s a thing of beauty, right up there with the Grudge Book. Make one for yourself here.
Also, announces by stealth, the Spuds are going on holiday soon. To someplace hot (which ticks off another of that bloody 39 before I’m 40 list which is visibly aging me by the day). It involves a flight in an actual plane, two small boys, 27 suitcases, a lot of swearing, muttering and murderous glances, 45 bottles of wine (outgoing flight only) and MrSpud’s ‘swimming’ which looks like he’s drowning. That poem, ‘Not waving but drowning’? It was written especially for him, even though he wasn’t born when it was published. Our 4 year old can swim better than him.
We don’t have a lot of luck with foreign holidays. Our first one was cancelled as MrSpud was loading the last of the bags in to the car, ready to leave for the airport, having got up at 4am. I noticed green pus pouring from Bertie’s ear (then 6 months old) and that was the end of our Florida jaunt. There are pitiful photos of me, cruelly snapped by our security cameras, sitting on the bottom of the stairs in the house, head in hands and crying. I wasn’t crying because I was missing out on a holiday, but because of all that wasted packing (which had taken weeks) and streeeeeeeesssssssssss.
Two months later we went to Kefalonia in Greece. I got pregnant by mistake. Bertie was 8 months old. The rest is history. We’ve not been abroad since.
So, with trepidation, we are attempting to leave the country in the hope of actually making it to our destination and returning without a surprise stowaway on board.
Watch this space.
oh, the card catalog generator is awesome! just stay off the pimm’s on the vacay and you’ll be fine!
Ummm yeah, there’s only one thing you can do with kids on an airplane… Benedryl and plenty of it.
The last time we flew with them Ash punched Syd in the eye while they were in the bathroom together and the gay steward was all for calling Homeland Security!!! All very messy…. they’ll be about thirty or so before we do that again.
Enjoy and good luck!
Hehe, will be waiting for an announcement in about 3 months time then? ;)
Who-hoo! Happy Travels! Enjoy! Looking forward to seeing the pics.
Shooting for a girl this time? Ahhh, I couldn’t resist, sorry. I hope you have a lovely holiday, hassle free and worth all the stress you’ve gone through to get there!
Can’t wait to see all the photographs!
♥
S
i got pregnant by mistake when i was 39….. so beware of the gift of light and sun and leisure and wine and joy…. and enjoy!!!!!! hugs from dark ireland (just today…) eliane
YAY for holidays! I hope it all goes well and the Mega boys make it in one piece (because you HAVEN’T throttled them into several pieces on the plane :)
You’re a braver woman than me. We’ve not taken the boys on a plane yet (and Olly’s nearing 6!) Its just too much bother.
Plus, the last time I was on a plane it was at the front of the plane and I fear I can now never go back to cattle class. I’ve spoilt myself [weep]
x
That isn’t to say I was actually flying the plane, you understand x
A big dose of sun is worth taking a risk. It must be nice to be able to go away outside of the school holidays. Enjoy this brief window of vacationing at off-peak times!
And what’s your feedback on Kefalonia — if fertility is not a worry?
Looking forward to hear what happens… I know it’s going to be interesting! :)
Have a wonderful time !