Last day of Half term

I always get a little sad on the last day of the half term break. I love having my children at home with me and wish they did not have to go to school, though I know they need to.

Today has been quite a rainy day, but the garden certainly needed lots of rain. My veggie patch is coming on a treat. The cauliflowers are quite large. The butternut squash(yummy, my favourite!) are looking much better than last year. The cabbages, carrots , beans and onions look to be doing well also. I did not realise we had planted quite so many potatoes. I am not quite sure what we will be doing with all those yet. We did have our strawberry ready to pick, but I have been looking after Barney(my mums beautiful red boarder collie) and he decided he was going to be first to eat a strawberry. Bless him.

The chickens were not so impressed with the rain. They still managed to lay 17 eggs today but they were not their usual chirpy selves. Poor things, they were covered in mud. Their run was very muddy. In fact I had a bit of a mishap and decided to go mud sliding in their run. Not one of my smartest ideas!!! My daughter found it highly amusing though.

My poor son was feeling very anxious about school tomorrow. At bedtime he became all cuddly and tearful. He finds school so difficult, especially socially. He also very much likes routine and now he has had a week at home he is not looking forward to tomorrow. I am sure he will be fine once he gets there though.

Well thats about all for now. I have been busy working on my final college assignment and feel quite ready for bed now.