Other Half returned from his outing on sunday a tired and slightly ratty personage, that coupled with my lack of sleep (because Kane stayed awake all saturday night ahem singing death metal songs with his mate….oh and I was petrified by a scary film) and also slight rattiness made for a pleasant evening. We already had the tickets to go to the Isle Of Wight on monday so I hoped a state of civility would return by then.
Sunday night saw Kane being extremely ill and throwing up twice, this led to me stressing about his ability to go on a day out the next day, it was a close run thing but he did perk up the next morning….I suspect a whole bag of doritos and dip had something to do with his state of health, sleepovers see…got to eat a horse between two bread vans haven’t you?
On monday we all jumped up full of the joys and ran about getting ready, taking my tribe anywhere seems to involve inordinate amounts of food and spare clothing…and drinks…and towels and oh yeah there’s that kitchen sink…
We got to the ferry (fairy boat as Maya and her sister before her, call it) in plenty of time, The kids enjoy this bit as much as the actual destination I think.
Maya was singing the “bubble song” at this point, and no as I have told others I don’t know what the bubble song is.
We arrived at fishbourne and made our way to Blackgang Chine it didn’t take long and when we got there it was a bit of a surprise to see quite how full up the car park was. Other Half had a small grumble about where we were directed to park (which I ignored) and then we got on with our day….here is some pictorial evidence…. I shall attempt not to overload you with my fabulous brood…
Strangely I didn’t fancy the rollercoaster…
what is that last picture of? Well it’s me missing Other Half and Chay coming whizzing out on this thing…
I heard Chay screaming all the way through this big black pipe but totally mis-timed the picture taking!
Aren’t boys lovely… can you make out teenagers attractive expression in the last pic? Finally there is one last shot and (you may be pleased to know) camera ran out of battery on me…
The kids had a great day and considering the age range it was lovely to go somewhere they all enjoyed.
There were a couple of bad points of course, mainly where I felt the almost overwhelming urge to murderate Other Half when his road rage tendencies got too much (is it really necessary to swear and roll your window down in order to inform the driver who has annoyed you that this is the case…and the hand signals are inventive) and poor old Ruth had a bad wasp experience, one of the little bu… I mean beggars, decided to climb up her jeans leg in the car. It decided it didn’t like her attempts to squash it and gave her a sting, then we all went a bit frantic when it escaped from the bottom of her jeans leg and flew around the car a bit!
I was so knackered from the heat and general busy-ness of the day I collapsed that evening in a heap on the sofa…and for a lot of yesterday too!
Today we will be going somewhere a lot closer to home…don’t worry I’ve recharged the camera battery…
Cuppatea first methinks
Yes but isn't that the best kind of tired, after a day out having fun?
ReplyDeletePoor little Ruthie. I hope the sting wasn't too bad.
OH and his road rage would fit in just right over here with his road rage. As an added bonus, we have guns! Of course, never one to be satisfied, I spend part of my rages asking God why Godzilla didn't come equipped with machine guns.
Finally, a word of advice to Kane. Now you have absolute proof that death metal is enough to mack a person puke!