I am going to spend Friday at home sharing the day with my hubby and kids, then its off to work Saturday and Monday but Sunday is free so maybe we will take them out for a picnic somewhere. Unfortunlately in my profession (retail) we are open most public holls.

I am planning for Mini sports day - go to the park with some basic sports equipment such as a soft ball, skipping rope, plastic set of skittles or badminton racquets and shuttlecocks. Take turns to challenge each other to games, and keep score. Organise simple races between the children, for example weaving in and out of trees along a certain length of the park, a hopping race, a three-legged race or an obstacle race. These work best when there are several children, but if there's a wide age gap you can give the younger children a head start.

Our kids are into reptiles and we got lucky and saw a brilliant snake show with Snakebusters reptile shows where they got hold the animals and spent hours with snakes and the like. Saw them in Cape Town last year. They are Australian-based but apparently spend a lot of time in South Africa doing shows, catching snakes and the like. If you get a chance to check them out, my advice is take your kids and don't forget the camera!