Half-term Heaven

I'm off work for a couple of days this week and having a whale of a time with the little fellows. It's so hard for parents (well, it was hard for us) when they first start school, and you have to send them off into someone else's care and hope it's not like a juvenile jungle where they rip each other apart, but as the months progress and you start to see them benefit, you then get to look forward to these times when they are at home again. I can't really take time off during the main school breaks as we're so busy at work, so sneaking a mini-holiday at half-term feels extra special and extra needed.
Of course it would be much nicer if it was warm enough to sit outside and play in the garden, but you can't have everything, and we're making the best of it. We wrap them up and venture out, and when we're indoors we're doing the full gamut of activities - bit of painting, building train tracks, hide-and-seek - and lots of reading.
So, so lovely.

RC 18-2-25