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Even though Erin started nursery just a few days after she turned 2, she attended all year round for a while. It was only because we had to change which nursery she went to that it turned into just term time attendance. So, this summer was our first real summer holidays and I honestly didn’t really know what to expect.
I had a bit of money saved up before the summer holidays started and I carefully budgeted for certain days out. We had some plans in place and I wanted to make sure we could afford to do everything I wanted to. I put our money into separate envelopes for the different days out and this way I could make sure that I didn’t overspend or spend something we didn’t really have. At the beginning of the summer holidays I had planned to have some quiet days at home but this actually didn’t happen as we were much busier than I’d expected.
Things were generally a bit harder than I’d expected though as Erin ended up with some kind of infection and it meant that she wanted to wee every couple of minutes. We had to revert to taking our travel potty everywhere and making sure there was somewhere for her to go if she needed to. This obviously made any day out a lot harder than it should have been and it really did get to me a bit! Luckily, the infection is gone now thanks to a good dose of antibiotics.
Instead of writing about everything we did (which would take a very long time) I thought I’d show you what our summer holidays looked like in pictures. I’ll put headings before different places so you know where places are in case you want to visit yourself!
Roarr! Dinosaur Adventure
Feeding the ducks
Erin’s first Chinese takeaway
Cambridge
Bowling House, Norwich
Turtle Bay
The beach
Although the summer holidays was a really mixed bag, we had some really great days out and loads of family time. I think I’m much better prepared for next year now and know that there will be things that we do differently; that’s for another blog post though!
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Looks like a great summer holiday (apart from the poorly bit!) Hope she’s feeling better now!
Sorry it wasn’t the summer you had planned but it looks like you managed to have some lovely days out and make some memories too. Glad to read Erin is feeling better xx
Wow, it looks like you did a lot of fun things over summer! I love that your little girl got to try her very first Chinese takeaway!
You had some fab days out! Good idea to put money in separate envelopes! The summer always goes way too quickly!
Looks like a fun summer. Sorry to hear she was poorly but I’m glad it got knocked on the head with antibiotics. Summer holidays can be hard even with little ones but I think you did a lovely variety of things x
It sounds like you had a great summer despite the infection that Erin had. Bless here, the poor love.
Ahh! The first Chinese takeaway, what a milestone. hehehe I hope she enjoyed it!
I love all the photos x
Great round up of photos! My favourite is the one with the dinosaur eggs.
Wow looks like you have been super busy for sure. I love your photos and it looks like you all had fun xx
What a lovely summer holidays, it always goes by so much quicker than I want it too!
What an incredible summer you’ve had, I love Turtle bay and need to return plus anything dinosaur related is always a big hit.