Summertime, and nothing’s easy

June 28, 2007 - 8:17 AM by

Here in Israel, the school year is drawing to a close, which means that many parents have spent the past few weeks scrambling to figure out how to keep their children busy during the summer (or at least for the month of July, as most of these frameworks inexplicably run for only one month out of the two-month-long summer). We’re very lucky in our household, as our son’s nursery school program runs for the duration of the summer, with us having to entertain him only during the last week in August.

Some of our local bloggers haven’t been so lucky. Over at My Home in Israel, Safranit writes, “You would think that by the 24th of June I would know my big girl’s plans for July 1st. But no…things keep changing. Her kindergarten has a summer program until 1:30 which I decided to do because I wanted her to be with her friends for three extra weeks. But what happens from 1:30 until 4:00 (when I get out of work)…oh no problem the after-school program said they would also do a summer program IF 10 people signed up. So, 10 people signed up and the idiot in charge changed her mind and decided we needed 12. BUT now she has changed her mind and we only need 9!!!!! Of course other parents have sought other arrangements. (but not me of course—)”. Read the rest of it here…

Anglosaxy, on the other hand, is having a different problem. His son’s nursery school informed them that they were closing down the facility – at the end of the week. Now he and the Mrs. are scrambling to find a new place just as the summer begins. Certainly not the challenge that I’d want in my life right now, but given that our resident Brit will soon have a lot more time on his hands, perhaps he won’t mind quite so much.

Good luck, guys!

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