Hard work

Who would have thought a holiday would be so much work? I have been planning our trip for months and now that we have just five days to go there is still so much to do. The trip itself is all organised, it is just such a big deal to be away for nearly four weeks and an enormous deal to leave the children! A few women have told me that they would never be able to leave their children for so long. Initially I thought "Get a LIFE" but in the last week I have realised that I will really miss the kids. I'm not going to wish they were there, I plan to go to museums and art galleries and actually want to look at what is in them rather than speed from the entrance to the exit and I am not remotely interested in discovering the differences between Australian and English McDonald's menus, but I will miss their cuddles, funny little quirks and their conversation. Andrew laughs at me because he has felt like this from the beginning and it has only just dawned on me. I suppose it is because so much of my day is taken up with getting children up, feeding and dressing them, asking them to do things, asking again, dropping them off at school, picking them up from school, cooking for them, making them eat their vegetables etc, etc and I am seriously looking forward to a break from all of this. So, I forgot that parenthood isn't all drudgery, that there are lovely moments every day that I will miss. I will, however, get over it and get on with enjoying our holiday!

Some of the people I will miss (I must take some photos of Toby).



I haven't posted a food photo for ages and my new camera has a cuisine setting and everything! This is what we had for dinner tonight - spanakopita (spinach and feta pie) using Stephanie Alexander's recipe. I love making this as I get to use spinach (silverbeet really), parsley and mint from my own garden.