well this week saw my youngest son have his second birthday and what a day it was! The bouncy castle was up, the barbeque was fired up and hey ho the rain poured down. Up went the two gazebos and the patio heater inside it to try to dry everyone out and provide a little heat. It was either that or my cream carpets were going to suffer.......................and suffer they did. The kids played games in the playhouse at the bottom of the garden and the women piled into the house to find comfort and the men stayed in the waterproof gazebo not wanting to venture too far from the bar or the grub!
It was interesting to say the least.
After a few goods bursts of rain and the darkness closing in the dry air appeared but too little too late :o(
We decided to graciously retreat the buffet into the house and hope that the burgers would not be cremated by the men who were somewhat innebriated. As luck would have it a team effort by the men saw everyone fed a few sausages a burger and well lets just say what were in a past life chicken kebabs! By the time it was 9pm they were either too drunk to realise whether they were burnt or not OR they had elected to cover anything remotely burnt in ketchup and hope for the best.
Despite all the hurdles it was a great day and the children all had a ball, they were on the bouncy castle through the rain and found great fun in sliding out of the climbing frame into the ball pit which was much more like a paddling pool by then :o)
So a fab time was had by all, photos to follow when I get a minute and have finally cleared up the remnants of party food and plastic glasses from the garden.
