The kids broke up from school and everyone seemed to be looking forward to the Easter Holidays. Now if only the glorious weather of the last few days of term would last for the next two weeks.
With Jon away with work until late on Saturday, I took Callum into Reading to see “Hop” and afterwards we had noodles for lunch at Wagamamas – Callum’s favourite. He really enjoyed the film!
On Sunday, Callum went to his friend, Sam’s, Birthday Party at Nuffield and had a great time.
Week One
On Monday, Catherine and I met up with Bev & Emma at Beale Park so the kids could have a run-around and see the animals. In the last few weeks, Lemur triplets had been born and seeing the little black-and-white tails was so sweet.
Callum went to play with Dan and Jess on Tuesday whilst I took advantage to head down to Southampton to IKEA and do some jobs. Afterwards, Callum and Dan had their swimming lesson.
I took Callum into Maidenhead on Wednesday to meet up with Daddy for lunch. Callum wanted to go to Pizza Hut and we timed out meal to perfection. No sooner than we’d finished our meal, Maidenhead was struck by a huge power cut that affected half the town and the restaurant was having to close. Callum thought it was very exciting having to go to the toilet in near darkness! We stopped by at Daddy’s office to say hello to a few people then caught the train home.
The treat Callum had been looking forward to was a trip to Legoland so we set off bright and early as we needed to renew Callum’s Annual Pass. The park was strangely quiet. No rain was forecast but it did look a little overcast. Janine more-or-less followed us in.
Rocket Racers was first on the hit-list and managed to do this before the park had even opened. The park was just opening as we came out so made our way to Laser Quest. We only queued for 5 mins which is unusual and the queues were no longer when we finished. We then headed over to the Boating School, again short queues, then the Driving School. In six months time, Callum and Kian would be let loose on the bigger roads.
From here to have an early lunch and watch “The Pirates of Skeleton Bay” show from our table. We wandered around to the Dino Safari and saw the new Atlantis section that would be opening in a couple of months time. It looks fab. Callum and Kian were also feeling brave and went on the big Dragon Roller-coaster which they said they loved (although their faces told a different story!). The day was rounded off by letting them run off steam in the Rat Run and a wander through Miniland. Buckingham Palace was all set for a Royal Wedding, but Wembley was still waiting to be knocked down and rebuilt.
One of the 4D shows was about to start so we made this our last port of call. Oh, we also managed a ride on the Sky Train too!
We had a quiet day at home on the Friday to catch up with things around the house.
We had fab news on Saturday – Callum has a new little cousin. Nic and Aly had a little boy called Zain! Callum went to his second party of the holidays – Alanna’s Birthday at Krazy Klub and all the kids had an absolute ball.
Week 2
Great start to the week! Callum went to play with George and Eva whilst I had my haircut and afterwards we headed to Bucklebury Farm Park. Callum and George had great fun playing on the tractors and castle. All the kids also had great fun in feeding the lambs and milking the cow (a pretend cow that is!).
Afterwards, we popped in to see baby Zain (and Nic & Aly!) – Callum was a little bowled over to see how tiny he was … but announced he was absolutely perfect!
Tuesday we headed over to Beale Park with Bev again. Another run-around, lunch in the cafe and a wander around to see the animals again.
Wednesday we had an early start. We had some of the gang over to have a Skype chat with Kathryn & Jessica in New Zealand followed by pancakes for breakfast. In the afternoon, we were all heading down to Basingstoke to see The Gruffalo’s Child at The Haymarket. The kids loved it and were joining in the songs.
On Thursday, Jon had the day off, so we started getting ready for our mini-cruise. Jon’s parents were also travelling down to spend Easter with Nic, Aly & Zain, so we popped over to have tea with them.
More on the cruise weekend in a bit
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