Weekend with the Morrows

So we continue to have visitors, it's been fabulous for Tom recently, lots of people to play with - we are under no illusion that they have all come to see him not us, he certainly is a popular boy.  AND all his visitors are girls - could this be the sign of things to come?!

Selecting stones

1, 2, 3...

So on Friday we rushed out to go swimming for the last time in the open air pool in Ingleton (it closes next week)  It was absolutely beautiful in the morning - deep blue sky, not a cloud to be seen.  Meant the pool floor was freezing, but it was lovely to be in the sunshine in the water.  He didn't do as well as he did the week before, being in full cling mode, but he stuck the session out and was given a certificate and we were invited to nibbles afterwards, luckily Sammie had texted me saying she was running a little late meaning we could hang around managed to do some networking, chatting to some of the mums.  No-one seemed to know of any children in Ingleton who are 3!  Beginning to think Tom will be in a class of his own when he goes to school!

We got back home with about 30 mins to spare before Sammie, Sophie and Jen arrived.  Tom was absolutely delighted to see them - big hugs all round.  We had a quick lunch and then went out to show the girls Kirkby Lonsdale.  We played in the field by Devil's Bridge and did the long walk by the river into the village.  We decided to go down to the beach area to explore and to throw stones.  All 3 children loved throwing stones and did it with lots of enthusiasm - it is amazing that there weren't any injuries.

Very cute.

throw as far as you can

The plan was to walk in and then go to the park (Jen had requested this).  However, as soon as we arrived in the village the heavens opened and it rained.  There was no point going to the park so we went to a tea room instead and sampled local produce (very important job).  Tried out the pink tea room on the corner and found upstairs comfy sofas and LOTS of toys for children - fantastic (the 3 children played with the toys with pretty much no argument :0))  Also there was a separate room which would be perfect for a Jelly especially as they have free wifi.  After quite a long stop in the tea room we walked in the rain back to the car and back home.  We had dinner and then the children had a bath together.  They all went to bed really nicely as well, amazing, I thought we would have trouble with all the excitement.

The podium

As has become the norm when we have guests the sun decided not to come out on Saturday.  Not great - we want to show this region off to everyone - it really is quite hard if it is cold and miserable, especially as it is August!  Oh hum, the Morrows are made of stern stuff though and said they didn't mind going out in the cold, so we stuck to plan A and took them to Fell Foot Park at the bottom of Lake Windermere.  It did look as if it was going to be sunny a couple of times, but the clouds won and we had to run around to keep warm :0(.  We bought the children a fishing net each, and spent a good hour fishing for dead leaves.  We had a brave picnic in the cold (Matt went to fetch hot drinks for him and Sammie) and then did some running round after Sammie treated the children to a kite (we all definitely need more kite practise - we did manage to launch it and keep it up a couple of times).  Then to the adventure park - Tom made a beeline to the zip wire then I played monster in the maze (lots of screaming) before we (I) decided that an ice-cream was needed (it was hard work being a monster!).  So we had an ice cream and then decided to call it a day - pizza dough needed to be made for dinner.

Fishing for ... leaves

So, back home, dinner and then we had to say farewell to the Morrows.  The girls donned their pyjamas and then got in the car for their journey home.  It was a short visit, marred by rubbish weather, hopefully the weather will behave better next time.  It was lovely to see everyone, Tom really has been spoilt.  Thank you for visiting.