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My Sunday Photo – 3rd September 2017

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two kids in a teacup ride at the village fete

Can you believe it’s September already? There are already signs of Autumn on the way and we’ll soon be preparing for Christmas. Sorry, but it’s true.

Desperate to make the most of the last days of summer we visited the local fete yesterday. It was a lovely sunny day and the fete was in the park. We were not sure what to expect as we had not been before but we had a real good time. Best of all, the rides were all free. I’m really feeling the pinch at the moment and I was worried that I’d be saying ‘no’ to the kids after one ride each, but it was great not having to worry about how much I had in my purse. The kids went on the tea cups and other rides, they enjoyed the bouncy castle and the inflatable slide and the Little Man even had a go on the Go Karts. There was a magician performing much to the delight of Boo who loves magic shows.

my boy concentrating on driving a go kart around the track

We had a lovely time and not having to worry about the kid’s fleecing me dry meant I could spend my money on other things and I came away with some second hand cook books, some nice home made chutney and we enjoyed some nice spicy vegetarian Indian food.

I will make sure we go again next year.

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Festival Time

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Every year we go to the local festival but this year it was a little different, mainly because it’s not our local festival anymore because we moved house! It was lovely to go back though and we saw lots of old friends.
Last year the festival was a big washout, which was a big contrast to the year before which had been a lovely day.

This year we had nice weather which always helps, and there were loads of people there enjoying the day.

There are always the obligatory fair rides, I’m thinking it won’t be long before my three will grow out of these (and my purse won’t feel so empty)

 The kids loved these Jeeps, you can hire them for kids parties too which sounds fun!

 There is always a fire engine there and the kids love to take turns sitting in the driver seat

I love this photo of the Little Man through the fire engine window
A future career perhaps?

There is always a centre ring at the festival where they have all sorts of activities like a majorettes display, karate, zumba, belly dancing and singers. Here the kids are taking part in a dance routine with a rather cuddly looking Buzz Lightyear.

This year there was an animal tent where they let you hold all sorts of wonderful creatures like snakes and geckos. Star was particularly enamoured with this gecko and didn’t want to put him down. A future pet idea maybe?

There were also lots of the usual stalls and the kids had fun on the tombola and hook a duck. My final photo is of the Little Man playing with a water pistol that he won. Note the very serious face as he aimed at me.

We will be looking forward to next years festival, lets hope it’s sunny again.

Go and see what everyone else has been up to this week over on Country Kids at Coombe Mill Blog
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May Day Party in the Park

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We don’t get out much these days but on Bank Holiday Monday one of our favourite bands, Little Liam, was playing live at a local park fete so we had to make an effort.
We were lucky as it was a lovely day, not too sunny but it was warm and it didn’t rain until the night time. The park was full of people, really crowded and I didn’t take too many photos because I was worried about losing one of the children in the crowd (particularly the Little Man who loves to let go of my hand and escape at any opportunity)
There was so much to see and do but we’d mainly come to see Little Liam play so we spent most of our time at the stage.
Here is the lead singer of Little Liam (His name is Liam!) with the rest of my crew.

Here is Star totally engrossed in the performance. She’s most certainly their number one fan. Her favourite song is ‘If I Wasn’t Me’

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I love this photo of the Little Man having a dance.

After watching the show we went to have some fun on the fair. Of course with Star not being well enough to go on most rides we were really limited. It’s hard when you have to say to an eight year old you can’t ride on that or you can’t go on that all the time. Thankfully, Boo and the Little Man were happy enough with the safer rides I chose for them. They were all a little dissapointed that the bouncy castles were off limits though. I just can’t risk Star falling over or getting bumped. They did have some fun though.

After the fair we had a hot dog. Well, you have to don’t you? Then we took a walk around the craft and tombola stalls as we made our way to the park’s exit. Star was getting tired and it was time to go home. I’m glad we made the effort to go out though, we all had a lovely day.
If you’d like to listen to Little Liam band you can find them on itunes
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