Some days you don’t need a grand plan, just five minutes and something simple to spark a little joy.
Today was one of those days. I needed to get on with making tea, but before I did, we squeezed in a quick bucket-filling activity. Out came the playdough and a handful of lollipop sticks, and the challenge was set: design your own ice lolly.
Mr4 went full force, squashing all the colours together to make the biggest ice lolly in the world, while Miss8 took a more delicate approach, creating swirls and petal shapes with her designs. It wasn’t a long activity, maybe ten minutes at most, but it was just enough to fill their cups and send them off happily to play ice cream shops together.
And I got to make tea with fewer interruptions and fewer arguments, which honestly, felt like a summer miracle.
Sometimes, it’s the little moments that smooth the big ones.
Camp Mum 