Finally... Summer Hols.

It's been a week and a half of keeping going, of feeling like I'm one of the children in the back of the car saying "are we nearly there yet?".  It's been a week and a half crammed full of end of term school stuff, bringing home piles of paper and folders, and of trying to tidy and organise the house in readiness for six weeks holiday.

The latter never really happened! I managed two shelves when, as usual, my intention was far more grand (in my head the house always ends up looking like a picture from one, or more, of the lovely blogs I read - completely unachievable with three small children).

Last week felt like there was so much going on yet I was accomplishing very little, until I took a peek at my camera...

...there was a bit more of the rug for the girls' room than there was the week before...

 ...and some cornflowers from the allotment sitting on...

 

...a crochet mandala (pattern: http://winkieflash.nl/patterns/mandala-en/).

So instead of measuring my week and a half in unfulfilled plans and end of term busy-ness, I will measure it in completed projects and stiches, in extra rounds added and in the satisfaction that I have done something that, unlike the chaos of small children and never ending housework, is tangible.

Mind you, we have also achieved another year of school, so maybe a little bit of chaos is acceptable...

 

 

xx

 

p.s. linking to Handmade Harbour this week for Handmade Monday.