Greetings from Lisbon! School finished last week, and we have a Home Exchange flat for two weeks. My son is in swim camp (expecting swim miracles, please don’t disabuse me of this notion!) and I’m WFL (working from Lisbon). I’ve put my out of office on so I can focus on reading and writing, which is the most important but also most neglected part of my job.
How is summer going? Wins and whines? Fails and faves?
I had opted to keep my oldest home with me (wfh) this summer. I felt guilty because he’s been in full time care since he was six weeks old (he’s now six years old). Well that lasted a month. I’ve enrolled him in some camps and he and I are both much happier. Lesson learned.
No camp for us since I don't work in the summer (a public school teacher). Lots of beach time, two international trips (one with the kids-Portugal and the south of Spain; one without-Poland to visit a good friend). Faves: buying a season pass to our favorite beach+ trips. Fails: having lots of unstructured time with both of them and being a "primary" caregiver while my husband works from home.
Currently trying to figure out what summer childcare looks like for us - oldest kid can go to a cheap and excellent place, younger kid is too young. A balance between multiple drop offs and saving money.
I had opted to keep my oldest home with me (wfh) this summer. I felt guilty because he’s been in full time care since he was six weeks old (he’s now six years old). Well that lasted a month. I’ve enrolled him in some camps and he and I are both much happier. Lesson learned.
My son (same age) expressed a bit of a "why can't we hang at home for a whole week?" and I reminded him he'd be bored by lunchtime.
No camp for us since I don't work in the summer (a public school teacher). Lots of beach time, two international trips (one with the kids-Portugal and the south of Spain; one without-Poland to visit a good friend). Faves: buying a season pass to our favorite beach+ trips. Fails: having lots of unstructured time with both of them and being a "primary" caregiver while my husband works from home.
Currently trying to figure out what summer childcare looks like for us - oldest kid can go to a cheap and excellent place, younger kid is too young. A balance between multiple drop offs and saving money.
Oof, so tricky!