I knew it would go in a flash… Time always flies when you’re having fun and we packed so much of that into this summer holiday it was bound to disappear at the speed of light! I last write about our summer holiday when we were half way through and on holiday in Cornwall. It still seemed like we had ages left at that point but it could have been five minutes ago and here we are ready to go back to school this morning. I think I might feel more devastated than the children and I very definitely recognise that dread in the pit of your stomach feeling that I remember so well from when I was a kid and it was time to go back!

Florence and Jimmy of course are taking it all in their stride and haven’t made a fuss. We got cleaned up and into new uniforms clutching our new bags and wearing our shiny new shoes this morning and of course had the obligatory ‘in front of the front door back to school picture’ before I dropped them off and now I just feel a bit flat without them at home!

Still… We had so much fun and here’s a little look back on the second half of our summer holiday!