With a teenager in the house life seems to sometimes revert back to when there was a toddler in the house. Going out anywhere takes four times longer than it should. Conversation has been reduced to a series of noises and bedtime is a nightmare, needing military precision planning and bribery.

I know things are being re-wired in his brain. He’s going through a transformation of sorts, so I can almost forgive him.

It would be nice, however, to be able to do things as a family without a thousand complaints from the teenager!

If Chris and I think it’s awesome you can guarantee that Christopher will hate it…

With that in mind I thought we should formulate a plan for activities over the summer holidays. That way there will be no arguments, we’ll all have something going on that we like and everyone will be happy 😀

Here’s our list (so far) of some things we’re going to do over the summer!

• Sleep
• Read a book
• Quad biking
• Archery
• Night walk
• Night drive
• Horse riding
• Paddle boarding
• Go Ape!
• Farm
• Seaside
• Visit Chris’ Mum
• Llama Trekking
• Brimham Rocks
• Parkour
• Volunteering
• Museums
• York
• Get ice cream
• Board game day

We might not get them all done but I think we’ve plenty to go on for now and at least this way Christopher can’t complain because he helped make the list 😉

Anymore suggestions are welcome!