My families adventure on the road to oz via Germany

What do to for christmas

AS it will be our first in Germany we thought we would give the kids a great christmas and do something different. We cant visit our families for xmas as the kids dont get long enough to do both families .

We had looked into taking the kids to Paris to Disney land, but even with a forces discount its way over what we can afford.

Next we looked into going to Center Parcs near Hamburg (no where near the red light district) At the moment it looks like we can afford it but we need to iron out a few things before we commit our selves.

Part of me thinks im mad to go away from the comfort of our house . The thing that bugs me is cooking christmas dinner. Dont get me wrong i love doing it and have done for years. But in this house the kitchen is so small even trying to do a sundays dinner for 5 is nigh on impossible . There are hardly any work surfaces to put plates out on or to mash the spuds and mix the yorkies batter up. At the moment i cook for the kids at 5ish and then cook later in the evening for me and V to compensate for lack of space.

AS things have been so tense in the house with the way J has been behaving i really do feel that we all need to get away from the house for a few days to get a fresh prospective on how to handle things.

Last night i realised just how much i want things to change but am at a loss on what to do. J is spending more and more time on the naughty step for various things and the threat of Santa not bringing toys to naughty boys is not working any more. In fact today J said that he wanted to live all alone where no one will tell him off for being naughty. After a lot of discussions, both V and i know we have to get J assesed so that we can get some help. AS if things keep going the way they are i will end up a recluse never leaving the house with him . For fear of what people are saying about him. Word has got round that if any one has damage to property or has been hit then it must be J (1% of the time it might be but the people on our estate are putting his name forward for everything).

WE have a Sunday lunch on camp to attend this Sunday, but i wasnt really wanting to go. But ive been pursuaded to go as ive done nothing wrong . I just hope that J manages to behave long enough for us to eat our meal.

All this brings me back on what to do for christmas. As i feel if we stay in the house we will all end up biting each others heads off .  I think going somewhere that the kids can go swimming indoors and generally have lots of fun and tire themselves out while V and i either do own activities like learning to scuba or being pampered will give us the boost we so badly need. 

I cant even believe im even thinking about christmas when its only October!!!!!!!

Ah well back to studying .

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01:55, Wed 17 October 2007 .. Posted by moneypen20

Because if you don't think about it now, you won't get round to doing anything and be mega ticked off at Christmas. If you can run to it, then def go to Center Parcs. Get it planned and then forget it until the time. Be a weight off your minds. Good luck hon, just imagine how you would be coping with your lad if you were still on that estate in the UK! It'll all work out, Calm studying.

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09:37, Thu 18 October 2007 .. Posted by geordie mandy

Its all sorted i booked today yippee. So looking forward to the holiday now

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12:20, Thu 18 October 2007 .. Posted by gobbyjock

Just look forward to Christmas Mandy and rise above the people who have such "perfect" kids that they have time to criticise others.