Busy Week

Its been half term week here, and my lovely husband has had the week off work as well.

Our aim was to do as much as possible with the children, and I think we managed it! They had their sleepover downstairs, they had a day with one set of Grandparents, and then a sleepover at the other set of Grandparents, we then bombarded them with long walks, the zoo, more long walks, a shopping trip to spend their hard saved pennies, and as then a theme park visit from our own childhood days Pleasurewood Hills.

We knew it would be a bit run down, it was taken over in the nineties by one Noel Edmunds who turned it briefly into Blobbyland, and its never really recovered.

When we were children it was an American Theme Park, your biggest day out ever was promised on their glitzy television ads, but these days I think a truthful ad would be one of those 'local' ads you used to get at your local cinema, with no moving pictures, and the words 'Just past Tesco, for a day out........'

It was good, the children enjoyed the rides, we enjoyed seeing some of the old things, and hearing the same sounds that were there in 'our day' but sadly the vintage cars ride seems to be slowly running down, with only three sad old cars left - although my son enjoyed driving duty and my daughter and me enjoyed being driven, I'll be surprised if its still going in a few years.

My husband has just looked it up, and its only recently been re-brought, so fingers crossed they are going to do some sprucing up!

Today we are at the arse end of the week - that sounds like a bad thing, really Monday should be named the arse end, but whatever - its Friday, and after a week of being out and about the poor old house is lacking some TLC and my fridge and cupboards are quite literally bare, so after a quick blog I shall be showering, and trudging around the shops. It would be nice to have a couple of days to relax, but reality bites and relaxation is afforded by few with all that is expected from a modern family. I have already done 2 loads of washing, fed the masses and cleared round in the kitchen - and have I even dented what needs to be done?

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Its our wedding anniversary on Monday - married for eight years! We are celebrating on Saturday with the children, our wedding day was like the marker for the start of our family life, so we wouldn't feel right celebrating without them.