So, I did it! I survived the half-term holiday unscathed. In fact, I'll go so far as to say I thoroughly enjoyed it, and the children did too. The older 2 did exactly as I suggested, and were hardly here - hurrah! The younger 2 I took for a nice trip up to Liverpool to visit a good friend, and her child. We went to a Hallowe'en party where the children overdosed on sweet things, got very hyper, ran around a lot and ended the party by setting off a panic alarm (as you do)! It made so many of the much smaller children cry, that there was nothing left to do but take them home. I caught the look of utter relief in the eye of the mum holding the party. I do believe we were her saviour.
We walked in the park that was the inspiration for Manhattan's Central Park, and the colours were aglow. I may not like this time of year much, but even I have to agree that it looks absolutely stunning, when the wind is mild, and the sun is shining.
A trip to the cinema was on the agenda for us, and we went to see Despicable Me. We laughed and we also cried a bit, well I did, because I obviously had a stray lash in my eye. As we were walking out of the cinema (a very nice new cinema called The One) I asked the children what had been the best part of the film for them, their favourite bit. I have to admit, even I was rather taken aback at their answer, 'the credits at the end, they were really funny!' We could have saved ourselves 1.5hrs and just spent 5 minutes in there seeing the 'best bit'. I liked it all, by the way, don't be swayed by my younger Barry Normans.
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