Freckles Family

How has it got to July already? I can’t believe the school holidays are almost upon us. The weather out of the window looks like it is actually January, but the calendar tells a different story.

This month so far, we have had one very happy eight year old who was Brownie of the Week last week. She is wishing away the last few days of school so she can have some warm summer weather. She thinks that is going to become instantly hot when they break up as they are called the summer holidays - if only the logic were true.

Teen has hubby lined up to make over her room as he did for the other two with dinosaur room and pink room.

She has wallpaper samples pinned up on her walls and bespoke fitted bedrooms are on her wish list. She has been dishing out her CV this afternoon in the hope of finding a job for the summer. Fingers crossed that she gets something. I’m debating if it would be wise to suggest that she contributes some wages to her new room. I just love that teen ‘so unfair’ look that is being honed to perfection at the moment.

Hugo has started to wish that all his time can be spent playing football. Among food and dinosaurs, it appears to be his next obsession. Even when I picked him up from nursery this morning he had to have ‘one more’ kick of the ball. He’ll even play it with the dog at the moment (who is a very capable opponent as you can’t get the ball off him).

He’s loving the kitchen re-design as he can spend lots of time hanging over the wall, supervising.

I’m wishing that the kitchen was finished. There is only so many times that you can clean up dust worthy of Miss Havisham before you give up. We haven’t had any lights in there this week, as they were buried in the ceiling ready to reappear as spot lights.

It’s gone from this:

To this:

To now you see ‘em, now you don’t:and finally to something nearing a finishing line. Riveting stuff, yes?

Other half is wishing all the DIY would go away, along with the rain which is interfering with golf.

So what’s on your wish list for July? An inkling of July sunshine perhaps or just enjoying the start of the school holidays with the children?