The other day A turns to me and says, who will take me to school when you die Mama? Such concern i say....the things these kids think about.
I am back to being in a good mood, because yeah next week is holiday time. Last 3 months have been crazy busy, I've been on my feet everyday from 6:15 am till 9:45 pm (when A sleeps) and on the weekends its all the tasks which were not done during the week.
Touchwood, fingers crossed we've got a great nanny who really likes the girls and does an amazing job. Work has been more hectic than i expected and I'm home usually only around 7 pm. Then its dinner and bath time for the girls, then story time and then sleep time. So i dont get to do much with them during the week. Am missing the coffee mornings, chats after pick up from school etc etc but I am happy to be back at work. For S i think its ok. I invested a lot of time making good friends with her friends moms over the last 2 years so she still gets invited to playdates, outings etc even if i cant make it. The nanny and A also get to go along and its nice that the friends mom have been so accomadating. For A really I have not been able to spend any time getting to know her classmates moms, or arranging playdates for her, but luckily she's adjusting well, has made a good friend L and seems to be happy at school. Of course its not 100% as i would want it to be - she hardly eats her lunch and here they dont feed the children at all, they expect them to eat on their own. She's lost some weight and I am a bit worried on that front. For S she only went to school till noon at A's age and she used to come home and have lunch and I wish I would have been able to do that for A as well. But I guess its always a bit of give and take. I needed to go back to work and the children will have to make some adjustments. Would I want to ensure that A is eating well, is sleeping ok and is well looked after? Yes of course. But am I ok with ensuring that she is overall ok , yes I guess for now I am. I just hope I don't miss any vital signs because I am so busy at work.
Next week we are off to Greece for a 1 week holiday. Its the girls vacation time so i took mine as well. We fly to Athens and then we are on a 7 day cruise to the Greek islands, and even touch Turkey one day. I cant wait. Its the Homeric cruise as it touches many of the islands Homer's journey covered. Corfu, Santorini, Rhodes, Katakalon. The ship itself it a luxury cruise ship with kids clubs, swimming pools, tennis spas etc so am super excited. We plan to get off at each of the islands and explore them. we might just end up lounging on the beach, but each of these islands has so much history it would be great just to see it. Santorini has black sand because a huge volcano erupted there a long time ago. In Rhodes you have the remnants of one of the Wonders of the Ancient world. The weather has been crap in Zurich for the last one month and i am itching to see the sun! 28 degrees in Greece. Yippee!
Coming back to our crazy schedule. We've not really been able to relax over the weekends because of my working guilt. One weekend we went to Legoland. The other weekend it was back to back birthday parties for the girls friends. One weekend we went to Munich for the Oktoberfest with some friends- okay that was more for us than for the kids, but it was exhausting to come back from that and still have all the tasks which need to be done over the weekend pending. We've been able to squeeze in some tennis over the weekends also, but my running has taken a big knock. From running 50 mins thrice a week, now i can barely manage 35 mins once in 3 weeks. Everything in its time I say.
Back to googling things to do in Corfu...
I am back to being in a good mood, because yeah next week is holiday time. Last 3 months have been crazy busy, I've been on my feet everyday from 6:15 am till 9:45 pm (when A sleeps) and on the weekends its all the tasks which were not done during the week.
Touchwood, fingers crossed we've got a great nanny who really likes the girls and does an amazing job. Work has been more hectic than i expected and I'm home usually only around 7 pm. Then its dinner and bath time for the girls, then story time and then sleep time. So i dont get to do much with them during the week. Am missing the coffee mornings, chats after pick up from school etc etc but I am happy to be back at work. For S i think its ok. I invested a lot of time making good friends with her friends moms over the last 2 years so she still gets invited to playdates, outings etc even if i cant make it. The nanny and A also get to go along and its nice that the friends mom have been so accomadating. For A really I have not been able to spend any time getting to know her classmates moms, or arranging playdates for her, but luckily she's adjusting well, has made a good friend L and seems to be happy at school. Of course its not 100% as i would want it to be - she hardly eats her lunch and here they dont feed the children at all, they expect them to eat on their own. She's lost some weight and I am a bit worried on that front. For S she only went to school till noon at A's age and she used to come home and have lunch and I wish I would have been able to do that for A as well. But I guess its always a bit of give and take. I needed to go back to work and the children will have to make some adjustments. Would I want to ensure that A is eating well, is sleeping ok and is well looked after? Yes of course. But am I ok with ensuring that she is overall ok , yes I guess for now I am. I just hope I don't miss any vital signs because I am so busy at work.
Next week we are off to Greece for a 1 week holiday. Its the girls vacation time so i took mine as well. We fly to Athens and then we are on a 7 day cruise to the Greek islands, and even touch Turkey one day. I cant wait. Its the Homeric cruise as it touches many of the islands Homer's journey covered. Corfu, Santorini, Rhodes, Katakalon. The ship itself it a luxury cruise ship with kids clubs, swimming pools, tennis spas etc so am super excited. We plan to get off at each of the islands and explore them. we might just end up lounging on the beach, but each of these islands has so much history it would be great just to see it. Santorini has black sand because a huge volcano erupted there a long time ago. In Rhodes you have the remnants of one of the Wonders of the Ancient world. The weather has been crap in Zurich for the last one month and i am itching to see the sun! 28 degrees in Greece. Yippee!
Coming back to our crazy schedule. We've not really been able to relax over the weekends because of my working guilt. One weekend we went to Legoland. The other weekend it was back to back birthday parties for the girls friends. One weekend we went to Munich for the Oktoberfest with some friends- okay that was more for us than for the kids, but it was exhausting to come back from that and still have all the tasks which need to be done over the weekend pending. We've been able to squeeze in some tennis over the weekends also, but my running has taken a big knock. From running 50 mins thrice a week, now i can barely manage 35 mins once in 3 weeks. Everything in its time I say.
Back to googling things to do in Corfu...
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