We had expected to be away on a HE camp this week, but it didn’t happen, which was probably no bad thing in the event, as the weekend was rather full anyway and Bob now has to go to Germany for a few days (which would have meant him leaving us at camp 😕 ). Instead we spent Saturday morning travelling to Horsham to visit an imaginary friend (from Hunnybeez and ukparents) who has just had #10. We handed over three frozen lasagnes (batch cooking doesn’t go far when there are that many mouths to feed every day!) and some new baby gifts and in return got lots of lovely newbaby cuddles 🙂
After that we continued down to the coast, arriving (starving) with just enough time to buy some chips, get lost, have a row, find the house we were aiming for but miss the people, eat some chips, thereby raising blood sugar enough to stop rowing 😉 , get lost again, find the hall and still make it to Monster’s party not too horribly late *phew!* 😆 Had a great time both there and afterwards, chatting, eating and generally relaxing. Thanks for having us, Nic and Ady – it was fab! L particularly enjoyed doing all the girly things she never gets to do at home, having two big brothers and a nude-faced mother. Her application of lipstick was enthusiastic to say the least!
On Sunday we thought we were setting out with plenty of time to get to West London for the second birthday party of the weekend, but ended up taking 4 hours to travel 80 miles 😯 Even worse was that the first 50 or so miles were at 60 most of the way so it was really a case of taking over 3 hours to travel 30 miles 🙁 We had expected to arrive with time to get some lunch on the way, but in fact found nowhere we could stop to eat and ended up finishing off the cold chips from Saturday…
The party was worth it though and the children very much enjoyed decorating t-shirts, making crowns, doing a treasure hunt, icing biscuits – and perhaps most of all reading stories on the settee and kicking a football around in the garden 🙂 Thanks Elizabeth and co – it was great and the sandwiches etc were all eaten within a few minutes of leaving London!
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Aha. You too. I take it you didn’t get the message in time about the jam then. Wasn’t sure how far behind us you were. It was pretty impressive, wasn’t it? Did have to laugh at the radio traffic report description of ‘quite slow moving’. Erm. I think we’d been stationary for about 20 min by that point, with not so much of a glimmer of any movement-indicating break lights anywhere in front of us. And you can see a looong way on that road.
Lovely to have you here 🙂 All 3 of your children were a hit and it was great to see them mix and mingle so very well and enjoy themselves. Lovely to spend more time with you and Bob too, albeit amidst the chaos that was this weekend! Thanks for coming and being part of the celebrations.