half term plans – Mothering A Rainbow

If you’re like us you dread the cost of the Summer holidays! I absolutely love being able to spend the time with Ellie and we are extremely fortunate that both myself and Luke are in jobs that allow us to spend the entire Summer with her making memories and giving her an amazing time…

But this all costs money!

I’ve done some research on where you can enjoy a meal for less during the summer and hopefully this will help lots of parents enjoy a meal out on a budget.

Please comment below if you’ve found anywhere else with good Summer deals and I’ll be happy to add them to the list below!

Asda

Kids eat for £1 all day, every day!

Morrisons

Free kids meal for every adult purchase (£4.99 or more). Offer available all day every day!

Hungry Horse

Kids have a free breakfast when purchasing an adult breakfast (£3.49 minimum spend)

Pausa Cafe (Dunelm)

One free mini main, two snacks and a drink offer (£4 spend minimum to receive the offer) in the Cafe

Bella Italia

Kids eat for £1 with every adult main from 4pm-6pm Monday-Thursday.

IKEA

Two free kids hot meals, jelly, fruit and a drink for £5

Beefeater/Brewers Fayre

Kids eat free breakfast (two free kids meals for every paying adult)

Dobbies

Kids eat free with an adult main meal – daily from 12pm

Sizzling Pubs

Kids eat for £1 all day Monday-Friday

Yo! Sushi

Kids eat free with every £10 spent on food. 3:30-5:30pm Monday -Thursday

Purezza

Children under the age of 10 can get a delicious free mini pizza with a topping of their choice! (One child per adult)

Preto

Kids eat free all day every day with paying adults. (Child up to 10 years old!)

Whitbread Inns

Two kids under 16 can have breakfast for free with any purchase of a £9.50 breakfast.

Future Inns

Under 5’s eat for free with any adult meal – Extended to under 12s during the Summer holidays

Table Table

Two free kids breakfasts under 16 with every paying adult.

Angus Steakhouse

Kids under 10 eat free with adults main meal – Every day 12pm – 5pm.

As always – Please do check individual stores for individual terms and conditions!

This first half term of work has been a killer. A new teacher, new routines, it felt like starting a new job, it’s been 7 weeks since we started back after Christmas and it has felt long but things have settled and seeing as I started the year off feeling completely lost and in need of a change, I am back to enjoying my job and feeling worth-while again.

It’s so important for me to be able to have a good work/life balance because when it isn’t balanced my mental health takes a massive hit and I start to feel down in the dumps. I finally feel that my mind is taking a more positive approach to life and I’ve come out of my slump. I am enjoying life again, enjoying work again and not struggling as much to get out of bed in a morning. I’ve really been bothered about this, I am a morning person and if a morning person is struggling to get out of bed there is a problem.

I have been looking forward to this half term for weeks, not only because we have all needed a break and time off together for a while but also because the weather is slowly picking up and I am wanting to do more with Ellie. Nothing too extravagant; some walks, maybe a bit of shopping, trips to the park that sort of thing along with a meal out as I was treated to a Pizza Hut voucher for my birthday so will treat the man and the girl to some unhealthy food. We are planning an afternoon at the cinema for just Luke and I, Ellie wouldn’t sit long enough for a film and we really want to watch The Lego Movie 2 so while Ellie spends a day with my in-laws we will be enjoying that!

The only other thing I am really wanting to fit in this week is a trip to the farm, there are quite a few local farms we could go to so it’s really just based on money and the weather as to which one we decide to head off to. Ellie is fairly good at walking now and that means we don’t need to take the pushchair as long as one of us is willing to carry her a little bit (she’s very lazy!)

Since breaking up, I have already kept up with my want to take Ellie on more walks as the weather was absolutely beautiful and so I dragged her to one of our local National Trust places for a little walk, which turned in to quite a long walk and she did so well. We headed off to look for the deer but they were too far away unfortunately but Ellie wasn’t bothered, she loved having the space to run around and be outside.