Skegness - July 2011

This year we booked a caravan at Skegness again. We took Emily a couple of years ago and had a fantastic time. When we arrived we found our van had a full length veranda that was all safe and fenced in which was brilliant for the girls, they were riding their scooters up and down and racing round in and out of both doors in a big circle. There was even a box of toys in the van with Barbies and jig-saws!

The girls were really excited about the caravan and the little bedroom even had butterflys on the walls and a side bar to stop little ones falling out of bed. We decided to try Hannah in the bed because it would have been a nightmare to fit the travel cot in.  Unfortunatly she didnt settle very well as she was standing up messing about trying to get to Emily so we had a swap round and Emily went in with Daddy and i slept in the little bedroom with Hannah.  She soon settled down when she realised it wasnt play time and managed fine in the bed for the 3 nights.

 The weather wasnt very kind to us, although it didnt rain it was very cold and really blustery which spoilt most of our plans so we spent Tuesday and Wednesday walking round the market. The girls really enjoyed it as there was music piped in and they were both dancing to the music.

 On Wednesday the weather was against us again! It wasnt quite as windy but it was still grey and overcast. I was so fed up i decided it would be worth us buying the extremely expensive wristbands for Fantasy Island just to get us out doing something.  Me and Steve arnt really ones for big rides but there was some smaller thrill rides and i figured there was a few rides Emily would go on multiple times.  After a few rides Em was so tired she fell asleep in the pram for a coupld of hours so me and Steve went on some big rides.

 We went back to the Van for tea feeling a bit deflated as we hadnt really gotten our moneys worth from the bands so we decided to go back up after eating and milk it for all it was worth. 

When we got there it was very quiet, hardly anyone about at all, it was like having our own personal theme park! Emily and Hannah went on everything, and then went on it again!  It was brilliant fun racing about trying to get on as many rides as possible before closing time.  Emily even agreed to come on the Rocket Blaster roller coaster (which is really fast and rough) she loved it so much when the train came to stop at the station she didnt want to get off so we nodded to the controller and went round again... and again!

 During the day she wouldnt entertain the thought of the mini dodgems but was glad she gave in, she was very giddy as she was pressing the pedals and steering all by herself!

On thursday the wind had eased off a bit so we decided to seize the day and went down to Skegness beach and had a play on the sand, i dressed the girls in double layers to combat the wind and we managed to have an hours play without too much trouble

The last day of the holiday we woke up to glorious sunshine! About time too! The only problem was there was little black flies everywhere! Like a plague it was horrible, we was batting them off anf they were landing back again just as fast, we couldnt get in the car quick enough!
We went down to Mablethorpe hoping the flys wouldnt be there but they were there too. I was so upset, couldnt believe the weather we had been waiting for was being spoilt by these unbarable bugs but we decided it was for the best to just set off home.

We got about 45mins home when i realised how close we were to grimsby and rang mum on my mobile to tell her to make a pit stop at Cleethorpes to see if it was any better there and sure enough it was bug free and beautifully sunny so we camped up for the afternoon on the beach and had a lovely day in the sunshine building sand castles and paddling.  Ross and Lia even came down to meet up for a cup of tea on the beach!

Very Busy Weekend!

Well yet again we have had a very hectic weekend!

On Friday evening when Daddy got home from work all of us cleaned our new car, the girls had great fun getting soaked and bubbles everywhere.

On Saturday morning we went to Alverthorpe Carnival, not sure why they call it that because its not a Carnival its a Gala.  It was roasting hot and a really nice Gala, the girls watched the Majorettes went on the donkeys which Hannah just loves then they went on the T-cups.

 Hannah loves the t-cups, well she loves any ride she can go on with her big sister but the ride took ages to start and they were both starting to get bored so i gave them a little spin ever now and again.  When the ride started moving they were loving it for the first minute then all of a sudden Hannahs face changed in a flash, she was leaning to the side, here eyes were flashing left and right and she was shaking, poor little babe was so dizzy she lost the plot! The man noticed at the same time as me and stopped the ride straight away for me to rescue her. She was totally fine as soon as her head stopped spinning but it was ever so scary!

The following day we went to a Playday that had been advertised as being at Thornes Park and was going to meet Sara and Alicia there.  We was gutted when we got there and nothing was on at all!  We hung about till Sara and Alicia arrived, went on the train and luckily i got a phone call froma freind letting me know there was a fun day at Thornes School so we headed on over.

When we got their it was late on unfortunatly and allot had been packed away and the bouncy castle had been deflated but we still had fun.  The strangest thing is everything was free, even the food and drinks!  Alicia wanted her face painting so i took a step back to see what would happen and EMily had hers done too! She has been too shy to get it done lately so this was great progress.  The to shock me even more Hannah pointed to the lady and said "Dis!" so i popped her on the chair and she sat still as a statue while the lady painted a butterfly on her cheek, she was ever so proud of herself hehe

 Sara and ALicia came back to ours for a little impromptue BBQ and the girls had a whale of a time playing together, Alicia is a really good friend for Emily, she is a very good girl and Emily sees her twice a week at Ballet and Performing class which is great!  Emily cried for half an hour after they went home she really didnt want Alicia to go bless her

 Today was car booty day and i wanted the girls in nice light summer dresses because it was baking hot again. Hannah even let me put pigtails in her hair and just looked the cutest!