Keeping the Boys busy in the summer holidays is not
always easy when you have 2 children with a 5-year age gap; it never used to be
a problem. But the gap seems bigger than ever now. Although one plus side is
they argue ever so slightly less with Jack being older, thank goodness. The
problem is, with this gap, they enjoy different things. We are finding they key
is to get them both to learn to compromise and find things they both enjoy in
one activity, or day out.
Tip 1, Food.
I take food wherever I go, if all else fails have a
pit stop. When Jack is active he needs to keep refuelling and testing his sugar
so that his sugar levels don't drop. He is getting very good at managing this
now without overdoing it, which can result in high blood sugar.
Joe would eat
anything at any time, I just can’t fill him, and to be honest it drives me mad,
as how can somebody be constantly hungry? But he is. So the BN biscuits
were a great little snack to have on us for our trip. Joe loved both flavours,
and happily munched on them whenever dished out and Jack loved the Chocolate
flavour, they were just enough carbs for him to have a snack, so that was
great, and he really enjoyed them.
Tip 2, Get the Train.
What is it about kids and trains? They find it so
exciting. Getting on the train or tube is not a novelty to the Boys at all.
They have travelled by train regularly throughout their lives, yet still this
is their preferred mode of transport. On this trip we got the train into London
and then spent all day hopping on and off the tube, they were in their element.
I think people watching is a big part of it.
They also enjoyed posing with their biscuits and
pulling silly faces for this post, so that kept them busy for quite some time,
they got some odd looks from other passengers, posing with biscuits, but I am
sure this egged them on a bit.
