Southport

Aaaaah! Sitting on Southport beach with a nice cup of tea in Grandma Green's old flask! Lovely! :o) (Does that make me very old &/or middle class I wonder??)
At the end of May we took a trip to Southport for the day. It was SO hot! The sea is a long long way out & there are vast areas of the beach covered with white shells. Luke spent a long time collecting a great many shells in his bucket. He was very pleased with them & has taken some of them into school to put on 'the interest table'.

After we had our picnic on the sand the children enjoyed all the usual beach stuff- digging, filling buckets & pouring water, splashing & playing football. Annie-Joy & Timmy were really happy in the water together. Timmy filled his green bucket up with rather muddy water & presented it to me saying 'I've brought you a drink Mummy!' Nice!!

After a good long play on the beach Jordan & I went to play a round of golf (pitch & put). We weren't that good really... we both had moments of brilliance but mostly I think we fumbled along. We had a lot of fun together!

While we were golfing Lee & the other three kids went to visit the model railway village. We joined them after our golf. It was a roaring success! We stayed there for over 3 hours & only left because the place was closing & they asked us to go (very nicely- they are a lovely couple who run the place).

Jordan enjoyed racing the trains round the tracks & working out which signal lights were going to change & which train would go next. The boys were delighted that the signal lights really worked!

We had a little break to eat an ice cream part way through our visit. Jordan's cornetto top fell off so we put it in the flask cup. He couldn't manage it all so Timmy & Luke polished the left overs off! Lee fed them. Look Mum! They're like little baby birds in the nest aren't they? ;o)

Beware though as you walk round the model village- there are GIANT Moor hens terrorising the streets!! Hee hee!!

After the model railway we took a trip on the pier tram & found the funny sculpture at the end of the pier (see here for another peek at it!). We then walked back along the pier to Pizza Hut & enjoyed a very lovely meal altogether. The waiter was really great with the kids & understood their humour which always helps matters!

After our meal it was nearly 8pm so we headed home all rather hot & pooped but having had a wonderful day out (with no tantrums!! Yippeeeeee!!). We stopped to buy after sun lotion on the way home & made mental note not to forget sun screen again!! It's a good job the children have black African blood in them so they don't burn really but go a lovely brown almost straight away. By the way, do click on the piccies to see them bigger if you like!

Well, I really will try not to leave my blog unattended for so long again! Hope all who read are well & enjoying the start of the weekend. That's all for now folks! :o)