Do you remember as a child when the summer holidays lasted for ever? It was never rainy and all you ate was ice-cream?

Well, apart from the fact that it has rained almost none stop, that's just about how my two dear little girls have felt.

They had a week with daddy at the sea side. Great fun....except he asked them if they thought he should return to the family home....not what you do to two little girls who are just about coming to terms with what has been happening.

Two upset little girls came home. Two little girls who needed lots of hugs and love....and mummy sent a letter to their daddy.

It went along these lines...if you ever ask them that question again it will be supervised visits. It also made me question quite what kind of relationship he has with the new girlfriend....my two are getting close to her and if he's messing about already, well, she's not going to stay around is she?

So he tells me he'll not ask such questions again...the girlfriend will be around for some time to come....oh and before they go back to school he needs to talk to me about his future plans.

Okey dockey. Off I head with my two little ones for a week in France. Not exactly a break but a change of four walls. We had fun....zoo....beach....food....ice-creams!!! And only one mention of daddy....on the beach my youngest asked me to draw a picture of him in the sand. 'Of course, darling' 'Oh and can you draw his girlfriend' 'of course, darling'..a long discussion over how tall she is...how long her hair is...does she wear dresses or jeans and bingo, my little one is very pleased with my handy work....'They're going to get married you know and I'm going to be a bridesmaid'..

Well I have no idea of the accuracy of this information...and honestly, it doesn't really matter to me. I hope to goodness he has finally met someone he wants to be with....someone who will make him happy in ways I obviously was unable to do so. You can't begrudge someone that can you?....and I guess that may be part of the plans that will be discussed with me over the next couple of weeks. Watch tis space.

So what of the Bank Holiday weekend....well the girls are with daddy, hopefully having a ball. This mummy was supposed to be going away, but a last minute change of plans has left me at home....still the garden looks better for having had some serious attention...even though I've blown up the lawn mower....any one out there know a good mower repair outfit in Berkshire?

The sun is shining and it is actually a really lovely day. You never know.....if I did believe in fairy tales, there might even be a knight on a white charger heading this way....now that would be nice. Or maybe I'm still thinking of those long summer holidays of childhood.....

Enjoy and have fun

xx