I Told You To Watch Them

I’m at Center Parcs in Woburn Forest, and I’m in Smug Parent mode.

I always get like this on those rare occasions when my kids are behaving like angels while everyone else’s are wrecking the place. Although we’ve only been on-site for an hour and they’re practically bursting with excitement about us all being on holiday in such an incredible place, Sebastian and Evie are acting like proper little grown-ups.

We’re in the play area next to the supermarket, and I’m watching two boys of Bast’s age trying to push each other off the slide while my little hero helps his tiny sister onto the wooden climbing frame. I glance over at the boys' parents – who aren’t really paying attention to them –and I shake my head sadly: this is why kids act up - a lack of attention.