I’m really going to try and not make this blog post a rant, but no promises.

Why is it that I never feel as busy as we are during the school holidays?  We wait ten weeks for a break from running around here and there for kindergarten, swimming, dancing and everything else.  Finally that break comes and the question on everyone’s lips is “What are you doing for the holidays?”

The next thing you know, you’re going somewhere meeting someone every day for the next sixteen days.  Busier during the break than than you were the last ten weeks!

The zoo(s), the museum, the aquarium, the shops, a haircut, a day at grandma’s, a concert, free cupcake decorating, meet daddy for lunch, see friends we don’t go to kinder with anymore, see mama’s friends we can’t usually see during the term, ah and chuck in a few more days at grandma’s *ahem*.

There are ads on TV, in magazines, in the local paper, at the library (oh, got to plan a trip there as well apparently), in emails (forgot about going to the cinema and bowling).

Where did this come from?  What about doing NOTHING during the holidays?  Nothing like playing in the backyard?  Watching some TV?  A trip or two to grandma’s not to be denied, of course…

The only thing I can think of is that it comes from school… “What did you do during the holidays?” and when they’re a bit older “Write a paragraph about what you did during the holidays?”

I think I’m ranting.  In any case, I’ll still fill up these holidays, and probably the next lot as well in another eleven odd weeks, but geez it’s busy!

I’ll leave you with a photo of doing nothing in the backyard

This boy ::

drew this picture ::

And he called it “My Mum”

Which made my day