A whole 24 hours with NO Children

On Saturday, a good friend of mine had her hens day. So I managed to get a day pass so that I could attend. Leaving the children with the in-laws for the day, they love it.

My husband was coming home from an overseas trip and would be arriving home first thing on Sunday morning, so I stayed with my sister who lives closer to the airport. Bonus a night pass as well. A whole 24 hours with no children, it was a bit of a shock to the system.

Saturday was a great day, we all headed off to Fort Denison, which is a fort that was build in the middle of the Sydney harbour, in the 1800’s. A great view of the city, as you can see in the background of the photo of all of us.

We caught the ferry over to the island, where we enjoyed a tour of the island. I was very windy as you can also see the pictures, but it was a great day. My Sister organised the day out, we wanted to do something a little different than the normal hens days/nights.

I still found it difficult to get used to the fact that I didn’t have anyone pulling on my trousers or wanting to be picked up and carried. It is a strange feeling, when you are with your children, you feel like you want some time out. But when you do get some time out you kind of miss them. I say kind of as you still really enjoy your day on your own.

We then headed to a bar on the harbour and had a lovely lunch and some drinkies.  Followed by a lovely evening with my Sister on the couch to watch Grease and then Pretty Woman.  I had a lovely full nights sleep with no wake ups. wooo hooo.

It was a shame that I still had to get up at 6am to get to the airport to pick up my husband. It was however worth it and very nice to have him home. I missed him terribly.

All in all though, a fun day was had by all.  Including the children, report back from the in-laws that they had a lovely day, and they were very well behaved. Well done all.

Can you remember a time when you had a day to yourself?