Fun activities

When Lily was last visiting we discovered a good place to take children to use up their energy. Gambado in Milton Keynes is a fantastic safe play venue for under 8s and certainly on our list of places to take the grandchildren when they are visiting. Its a good venue for adults to relax and chat whilst the children play and of course a good place for people watching.

Today we took Thierry and although it was busy being half term nearly two hours of activity now has him sitting quietly and ready for a nap.

There is a big soft climbing area with slides, tunnels and ball ponds, a dodgem car track and a carousel. Thierry's favourite thing was the trampolines.

I can't wait for our next visit there, although just watching

tires us out these days.

Cousins

We have just had a great two weeks with Belinda and Lily staying with us. One of our favourite things is seeing our grandchildren playing together. Lily enjoyed meeting Chisato and together they romped in the garden with Grandad, helping him clear the leaves, chasing each other and playing on the slide. Then we spent a few days staying in Stoke on Trent so that Lily and Thierry could renew their friendship. They are so close they are like twins, we hope they will remain so as they grow up. It was a shame they couldn't all be together during this visit ... we are looking forward to being able to arrange that one day...