Davies and Scarlett played in the garden this morning until it was time to go out. We were off to Liza and Andrew’s for a play and a testing of the water for regular playing while I am at work. I had written down bullet point directions to get there off AA routefinder but got lost when I mixed up my roundabouts and took a second exit off the third roundabout instead of a third exit off the second roundabout (or something). Davies and Scarlett were trying to help but actually when you can’t read spotting ‘Shirley Drive’ is something of a challenge 😆 We’d had a plan to time the journey but our scenic detour coupled with being unable to find the actual address even when we were on the right road meant there was no hope of working out how long it had actually taken :rolls:
We found number 76 and Liza lives at number 78 (not Shirley Drive I hasten to add, I am not giving out her address on my blog ;)) so we parked outside, paid £1.20 for parking for a couple of hours and set off. We walked for one and a half blocks before deciding something was wrong and ringing Liza to find out just where 78 was. We ended up walking back to the car and driving back up the road where we saw Liza and Andrew waving so pulled in again and paid to park there instead.
We had a really nice four hours; Liza fed us and supplied copious amounts of tea, Andrew provided entertainment for Davies and Scarlett by way of DSing, Wiiing and various other toys. Liza and I chatted and the children all rubbed along well with Scarlett spending some of the time playing Dolphin Island (I know, I know, and Liza’s lent it to us so it is currently back here in my house whispering ‘Ni ic, Niiiiiiiiic. Come and play me, see if you can get past day twenty niiiiiine!’ ). The time flew by and we managed to time our journey home at under half an hour too :).
Back home I did some more of my mosaic picture while Davies and Scarlett played with Mousetrap. Not played it, played with it, they used all the component pieces to make up a game where the mice were having adventures, very entertaining to listen to :lol:. Then they went back out in the garden again.
Ady came home and fed them while I nipped out for food supplies for payday dinner and came home to find the children back in the garden again. I read some stories to them but Davies took forever to get to sleep – he appeared back downstairs at nearly 1130pm, so he’ll be delightful tomorrow no doubt :(.
We have various weather dependant plans for the weekend which may or may not involve a night away so I may suspend my boredom with summer for a few days now and hope for sunshine :).
was getting a bit worried there…. 😆
*off to post detailed directions to nics house all over the internet* 😉
Comment by Liza — 26 July 2008 @ 12:15 am
I don’t think there is any other way to play mousetrap is there? I mean, it doesn’t actually work as a game. I think its the most annoying game we have here, and have suggested several times we charity shop it.
Comment by Em — 26 July 2008 @ 12:39 pm