Elf on the shelf.
It’s a divisive festive subject isn’t it?
I’d say easily on par with important Christmas questions people get so passionate about like real tree or artificial? Turkey or gammon? Stockings or no stockings? Dare I even mention Christmas Eve boxes?? People do seem to have pretty heavy opinions about it all.
When I threw the girls a sports day themed un-birthday party in the summer I thought I had hit the jackpot. It was fun, easy to organise, inexpensive, inclusive, and around about a time when nothing much is going on (other than normal busy family life that is!) It was basically just really enjoyable for me which, let’s be honest, is the premise of lots of party planning….second to the child’s enjoyments obviously.
It was a wet dreary March afternoon when I felt like I had just about gotten over Christmas, both birthdays, February Half Term and World Book Day. Just settling in to the long term ahead wishing for some of this Spring sunshine to make life that little bit calmer and easier. When the familiar ping of the school parent app that has come to be instinctively met with an eye roll reminded me that with school, there is never a calm! Anyone else feel like there is literally always something to remember?!