Today was Spring Bank Holiday, so a day away from our usual routine. Emma had been praying for a sunny day, so it wasnt very promising when we opened the curtains at 7am to see heavy rain! Still, "rain before seven, dry by eleven" as they say, and it was! The reason it mattered was coz the Fair was in town, and it opened at the Park at 11, and we'd told Em we wouldnt go if it was raining (there was a cloudburst 2 years ago and everyone squelched out of there just before we were going to arrive, so she knows we mean it!)!

We got there about 11.30 and it was wet under foot but the sun was getting hot - didnt know what to wear so of course we were all over-dressed! Emma, mostly with daddy, went on 5 rides, including the helter-skelter, bumpercars & waltzer. She fell getting out of the latter two, and so her poor trousers are a bit stained, and we had to go to the medical tent to get her a plaster the second time, as she was so dizzy getting off the waltzer!

She managed to catch a rubber duck on a hook and got a "prize" of a bat & ball. We were looking for something she & Soph could do together (as Soph had resolutely refused to nap at the usual time on the walk to the park, and was far too interested in the Fair to sleep once there) and in the end I decided she was too likely to get upset on a ride, or try to get off while it was moving, so we got them to go on the trampolines in a quiet spell. Emma does trampolining at gymnastics, but Sophie had NO idea, and just walked about, falling over constantly at the change of surfaces. But she had great fun!

We bought baked spuds from one of the caterers, and a bag of hot donuts! Sophie was only interested in a packet of crisps I'd bought. We sat in the park play area on the way out and ate our donuts, and Sophie fell briefly asleep. She woke after 20 minutes when she coughed herself sick, so that was that!

Once at home, Emma & DH settled themselves in front of the Snooker World Championship (with DH struggling valiantly to explain the rules to Emma!) while I cooked dinner and Soph emptied the bookshelf. Al loves his snooker, so it was really nice to see Emma taking an interest - maybe a sport she can compete with him in one day (he had a small table at home when he was a teenager & used to play with his dad - it's the one sport he really enjoys)!

It was a tiring (and expensive!) day, but I feel childhood memories are made of events like this, and we are fortunate to be able to push the boat out and enjoy a day like this occasionally. She'd better remember it LOL!

Here's a pic of them taken on Ems camera, as they started their first ride: