I love to start the week by writing the Monday Happy List. It’s a chance for me to sit down and reflect on the things that made me happy in the previous week, as well as to record some of our family adventures. It’s a post I love to write. We love the Summer holidays but they are not usually quite so quiet as this year! We are still trying to have as much fun as possible.

Summer Holidays edit {Week 303}

Like most people we have spent a lot of time on our house over lockdown. We’ve had a massive clear out, tidied up the garden and built a fitted wardrobe in our bedroom. We finally finished our wardrobe and it looks lovely. We replaced a standalone wardrobe and now have sliding doors which hide lots of shelving and hanging rails. I can finally have all my clothes in one room and it’s helped tidy the whole house.

Since the parks re-opened we have been frequent visitors. My daughter loves a trip to the park and our local park is not too busy. We also squeezed in a visit to Ray Mill Island in Maidenhead which was good. The children have also been catching up with the latest Draw with Rob videos – their common goal is too make it on to his grid each week – which so far they have succeeded! We have been playing games such as Conservation Crisis and generally trying to keep busy.

I’m trying to be positive about September that the children will both go back to school although the news doesn’t fill me with hope. I have bought the new school uniform, new lunch bags and pencil cases – although I re-read the last letter from school which said they will provide all stationery this term! I’ve even signed my children up for their normal school clubs but I’m beginning to wonder if they will be able to run them.

We have the most wonderful dog trainer who helps us with our naughty puppy. Last weekend we went out for a walk with her to do more puppy training. We’re trying to get him more confident around water so took him to our local stream. We placed treats leading down to the stream to try to encourage him. We’re going to try and do this a few more times to make him more confident.

I’ve missed eating out but still don’t feel hugely comfortable about it. On Saturday we had brunch at the Red Onion Cafe in Ruislip. This was one of our favourite places to eat and we missed it. They’ve re-designed their garden and we had a little booth which was amazing and the food was delicious too.

Have a great week everyone.