A lovely day today. First we drop Lily off at Spectrum leisure centre for her friend’s party in the soft-play centre. They crack team of 5-year old pig-tailed girls march off in single file, hands on the shoulders in front like prisoners-of-war, barely able to contain their energy that is about to explode in a multi-tiered labrynth filled with soft balls, padded slides and who knows, the odd Minotaur lurking in one of its darker crannies. That will give them a bit of excitement.
Daisy as a bee...for no reason other than to be a bee.
We drive back and then pop round to Caroline and James’s house for a barbecue. It ends up as a six-hour plus al fresco drinking session with copious amounts of Blossom Hill (I like the fact that their bottles bear the signature of the winemaker…I think Carol is her name…bet she has to oversee a few fermenting vats…I wonder if she does the malo in barrel?) We end up consuming more than our fair share of plonk because we all blessed/saddled with young kids and it is a sense of relief that we can just sit and pretend our lives are pre-sprog. I proffer a magnum of Trottevieille 2005 because I just fancy sharing it with friends and it’s better than the Blossom Hill (sorry Carol.) By early evening, the children are running riot on the water slide and attempting to drench any adult that comes within the throwing distance of a 5-year old girl (1.5-metres), whilst the 3-year olds busy painting themselves. Young George seems to be recreating the look of one of those brightly coloured male dancers in Elton John’s “I’m Still Standing” video from 1983. I am not sure whether his silver legs suit him, but hey, what do I know about infant fashion. Daisy seems to have drawn a flag on her arm (?) whilst Lily just has random pastel splodges. We leave past 8 o’clock after a blissful Sunday afternoon.
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