Thursday, May 17, 2012

title pic Easter School Holiday

Posted by dulwichmum on Wed 11 April 2007

Engaging the right child care is always such a difficult issue, and the additional pressures of accommodating the darlings during the long school holidays can prove to be so very arduous for working mothers. I thank God himself for my benevolent employer, who allows me to be home based during these school breaks. He has recently become a vintage father himself (with a much younger second wife), and so has some appreciation of my daily struggle.

I pulled into the drive this evening from Bicester Village, the super Audi Q7 stuffed to the gills with shopping, to find my darling husband’s car already in the drive! James drives to work during school holidays as the roads are generally easier to negotiate, and sometimes likes to pop home unexpectedly to spend some extra quality time with the children.

I found him, James – my super husband, standing on the steps at the back of the house, watching intently as the pert young naturally blonde au pair jumped with wild abandon on the trampoline! The children were with her – clearly, but that was just a mere detail as far as I could see.

How very dare she?

And to top that, Ana has a new handbag, a perfect rip off of my super Mulberry Roxanne, and she bought it in … Sainsbury’s (sniff).

I could weep.

That girl’s days in my home are numbered…

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Comments: 8 Comments to Read

  • Drunk Mummy said,

    Don’t despair Dulwich Mum! Natural blonde hair colour is vastly over-rated. By the time she is in her late thirties, it will have turned a less-than-fetching shade of dishwater brown, and she will be reaching for the strong chemicals like everyone else.

  • dulwichmum said,

    Dear Drunk Mummy,

    I must admit I have been reaching for a glass of strong chemicals myself this evening. That minx has spoiled my week off!

  • Nunhead Mum of One said,

    Simple dear sister – remove the trampoline….and tell your delightful offspring that naughty Ana broke it. It sounds as if they can’t get near or by it anyway….

  • Keef said,

    Er, you could always make her wear a uniform…. Boiler suit perhaps? ;o)

  • Babysteps said,

    The cheeky minx! I suggest slipping a little mix of something (perhaps that hair restorative you mentioned?) in her facial scrub.

  • dulwichmum said,

    Such wonderful and creative suggestions. I shall remove the trampoline, purchase a boiler suit, and buy the hair restorative this very afternoon! Hurrah…

  • rilly super said,

    dulwichmum, I think a long and detailed article from you on trampolining au pairs for ‘alpha mummy’ is in order. I’m sure there must be thousands of mummies out there going through this secret torment, all believing they are the only ones suffering in this way. The time has come to break this last taboo.

  • dulwichmum said,

    Darling Rilly,

    As usual, you are a world of sense to me. I shall draft one immediately and send it to them via my agent…

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