I had planned to meet a friend at a fete which was taking place at the Community Centre near us, and on Friday night asked my mother in law to stay so she could come to the fete with us. At first she said no because of the hassle of getting home, especially as she has 3 cats which would need to be fed. I then had a lightbulb moment and suggested maybe we could go back with her and stay over. She thought this was a great idea.
We headed to the fete on Saturday and although it wasn't what we expected it to be (lack of stalls, very quiet) we had a fantastic time. Charles played on the bouncy castles and bouncy slide, played with the dj/entertainer (they seemed to take a shine to each other and Charles became the star of the show....very proud mummy moment) and he even had his face painted for the first time.
We left at around 1.30 and then drove to my mother in laws. Both of the boys fell asleep in the car and I got to catch up with my book (which is not 50 Shades of Grey by the way!)
When we got to my mother in laws we popped to Tesco and picked up some things for dinner the next day and some shorts for Charles which were £3, originally £8! Bargain. Although they are too big and need a belt which we didn't realise until we put them on the next day.
That evening we popped to the local Sports Centre which has a pub. We sat outside after Charles had something to eat and the boys played on the huge field. They ended up playing with two other boys they had played with, well who Charles had played with, last year which was great and we had a lovely chat with their parents.
It made me quite sad to leave as all four boys got on well and we got on really well with their parents too. We went home, ordered an Indian and all went to bed at 10.30 due to all being unable to keep our eyes open any longer....all apart from Harry who made me think he was asleep. Just as I drifted off he stuck his finger in my mouth, started laughing and then sat up. Cheeky!
Sunday I popped to Tesco again with my mother in law and she kindly bought Charles some very very cool purple skinny jeans and Harry some stripey dungarees which I found hidden at the back of some other clothes. Very good find.
My sister in law also came for lunch and bought Charles his birthday present which was a really lovely check shirt, which he refused to try on.
I then popped into town with my mother in law and she bought the boys some cheap garden style chairs to use. They both loved them. The chairs have a dog on the back of them which Harry thought was hilarious and he kept talking to it and laughing at it.
We had an amazing weekend and I was so glad the she stayed came to the fete with us and let us stay at hers Saturday night, especially as Harry and I took over her bed causing her to sleep on the sofa.
It was lovely for Charles to spend so much time with her too as he only normally see's her for a couple of hours every 6ish weeks (maybe more than that)
