Millidream II: School holiday

I may have written about this topic before, but I think I will write again.

School holiday is the time of the year when working parents:

(I) Take annual leave.  When a working mother apply AL for the school holiday, they get 2 kinds of reactions. If the boss has children, he/she will understand, but will still lament about manpower (cover) issue when you are not around. If the boss doesn't have children, he/she will never understand. He will still approve the leave, but will openly "comment" on the challenge he/she faces with regards to manpower/coverage.

(II) Feel stress. It's an issue that non-parent do not understand. During school terms, most of the kids' time are spent at school and on school activity. During the holiday, suddenly the kids got "nothing to do" for 6 long weeks. It's quite a nightmare, and a lot of mothers feel guilty about not being able to spend enough tiem with the kids.

(III) Do nothing/expect the kid to find their own activities, but then nag non stop at the kids for wasting time/watching too much TV/not helping in house work, etc, etc, etc. And still feel guilty about not being there for them..

I'm type (II), ha! This Nov/Dec, here's the output of my stressful holiday planning:

Materials at home:
4 animal activity books, 1 word search book, 1 mental puzzle book, 1 suduku book,
1 500-pc jigsaw puzzle
1 paper cutting booklet
2 loom band books/1 loom band kit

Outings/activities:
16 Nov (Sun)     - stayover at Cousin's place
17 Nov (Mon)   - Cousins stayover at our place
20/21 (TH/F)     - Fun science workshop at CDAC with cousin
22 (Sat)             - Dinner/outing to Changi airport
23 (Sun)            - Lunch treat by uncle WL

27 (Th)              - Jessin (Aft sch care) outing to Alive museum
29/30 (S/S)        - stayover at Nanny's place

1 Dec (Mon        - Mental skills workshop at CDAC
6 (Sat)                - Log cake making class with cousin

9 (Tue)               - Jessin outing to Snow City
13 (Sat)              - Sentosa water park with cousins

18 (Th)              - Jessin outing to Safra Kidzamaze
24 (Th)              - Xmas party at Jessin

I wonder what it was like when I was young?  Did I just day dream all day long? I told Lynn that my calendar is full of her items, and that she must do her own planning next time!

Start of the school holidays, at TPY central, 15 Nov (Sat)

New toy (from Mac happy meal)- mould for freezer, and we did 冰棒 with milk!

The product on following day's morning (Sunday)

After she went to her cousin's house, I did my with chocolate milk!

On Sunday afternoon, I took my nail polish and stickers to May's house, and the 3 girls and I painted our nails!

I went for purple while theirs are pink and sliver.

Mabel came for the stay over on Monday. When I came home after work, they ask if we can go "somewhere" as they are bored. So we went to the library, then Mac