Cold and wet...

Sitting watching the little ones dragging their feet on the way to school. It's raining and cold, they're hauling book bags and PE kits and pulling on their mums hands, wishing they were at home warm in bed or anywhere other than here. 

Now it's home time. It's still raining. Coats still wet from this morning. Carrying artwork and letters home. 

Another reason we're happy to be home schooling. Don't get me wrong, we love being or in any weather. Mischief loves thing better than running round the garden barefoot in the rain with her umbrella. But why should we drag ourselves out day after day with no chance of drying out? If we're going to walk the dog in the rain and get muddy and cold then we're coming home to hot chocolate in front of the fire. 

I feel for the little ones who haven't had enough sleep because they have to be at school so early and weigh their little bodies down with so much stuff. If your child loves it and you have no option to be at home in sorry, but I'm glad we won't have to conform in that way.