Catch Up- Croxteth Park & Gary

At the end of July our friend Gary came to visit. We hadn't seen him since May 2008 (see here) as he has been teaching in Albania for the past year. It was good to see him & catch up a little.

On one of the days he was with us we visited Croxteth Park & had fun walking in the grounds...
...and playing in the puddles -it was a very showery, sunny, hot & cold kind of a day!
The little kids had fun playing in the adventure playground...

...

...and so did this big kid!! ;o)

Timmy & Luke had a good time running wild! Jordan was still away at Grandma & Grandad's at this point. He came back later in the day with G & G & we all had a lovely meal together. Thanks Mum for the delicious food!

The steps at the side of Croxteth Hall were particularly enticing. Annie-Joy loved going up them although it was quite a big steep climb for such little legs!

The children all loved the fountain in the fish pond too. Annie-Joy was quite mesmerised by it. She really does make me nervous when she climbs up fences like this!

Luke was similarly mesmerised by the little brook running up by the Jungle Parc (a bit like Go Ape but for kids). He said he thought it was a magic stream.

The boys loved having Gary to visit. Timmy said he didn't realise that Gary was going to be so much fun! :o) Jordan was glad to have someone to play cricket with in the garden & when we walked Gary to the train station to wave goodbye we all had fun watching train after train passing slowly through the station without picking up passengers due to a broken down train! Eventually Gary managed to board a train & made his way to friends on the Wirral & then back home again.