Party weekend!

hey, look, we have nearly caught up!

Sat it was raining, as anticipated! so we got up, sorted all the inner bits of the tent so just the shell left, and had breakfast. that gave us a break in the rain, so tent down! hooray!! Chris bought some things from much wenlock to take to the party, and we sang with c in the shelter of the toilets as now raining a fair bit! Our journey to SOTP was not so brill tho. M6 like a carpark, and when we came off, we were instantly diverted [not in a good way!] but we made it via a v scenic route!

popped up our little evolution in the party field – where lots of other tents popping up, and discussion on wind factors etc were taking place. then in for tea and cake and chat, whilst awaiting everyone to arrive. startling new haircut on one of hosts soon got used to! girls fell in love with trampoline, and after a bit of the usual hesitancy and parental proddings, got down to the serious business of playing. BB, J and R in particualr made a cute threesome bouncing around. SB had a bit more variance than normal in the friends she played with. Big and E, who she often hangs out with, were rather taken by an older boy present, and stretching away in age to be older, and SB really not entirely sure how this works as yet. So she played with a wider range than usual, and only needed an occassional shunt to get going in a different direction. Since she usually bemoans the fact that she hasn’t played with the full gamut, i am expecting her to have been happier with this outcome. She only had a couple of trampoline accidents too – not bad!

I was both sad and wobbly, and migrainous, so apologise for total lack of sparkling wit and humour [no real change there is there!] But did have a lovely time, so thanking everyone for that, in partic J and J. Did get to have lots of chats and friendhsip moments, as well as playing a game [always good!] It did mean chris got to have a late night or 2 instead tho. Think the patchwork cake worked better than anticipated! and looking forward to seeing the photos as they come out. Chris has flickred ours! will add one or 2 to this post! SB enjoyed the geocache walk with others, and was kicking herself about not going to the stables to see the new pony, as she thought everyone was going to staples  Also loved the swingball matches that went on! we have some sparkling athletes amongst the husbands – not!!

But mostly a lovely warm memory of hospitality and friendship. Thankyou