Fun day

It was a family fun day at the community school, so I took S and her best friend M, and T to it. There were two huge bouncy castles: one with a slide and rollers, the other an ordinary one. There were football thingies to do, face-painting, archery, arts and crafts, a puppet show and a rock-climbing wall.

They both had a go at the archery, which they enjoyed, although neither really had the strength to pull the bow-string back and aim without wobble. S hit the target a couple of times and was definitely getting better. M was doing well too. Then we went over to the fire engine, and they got to spray the hose. M managed to hit the target with the hose and tip it up. After that, they climbed inside, and I lifted T up to see inside too. He wasn't that impressed.

We had a picnic under a tree and then they went on the bouncy castle. After that they got their faces painted. We watched the tail-end of the puppet show and then went back to bouncy castling for a while.

M is scared of heights, so didn't try the rock-climbing, but S did and managed to get half-way up. Which is great, considering the holds on the wall were more the size for older children. I was actually very proud of her.

And that was the end. The only problem really had been how long the queues were. Although there weren't that many people, a lot of the activities took quite a while and could only have two or three going at a time. But you can't knock it at only a quid each for the whole day's activities. And I think the children had a great time.