Jake is now three!! Yay. We had a family do at The Bluebell Railway. We were a little tight for time because the traffic out of London was atrocious because of the roadworks on the A2. Also we had to contend with a random accident about 5 miles from the railway which resulted in a huge traffic jam.
We arrived just before Trudi and Chand, and after getting out of the car realised that we had forgotten Jake’s shoes! Amy scooped Jake up while I helped Trudi and Chand. We had reserved half of the train carriage but the few ‘interlopers’ that were sitting there soon dispersed after the first scheduled train stop. I think we may have been a little noisy ;-).
Jake’s disco party went really well on Monday. It was a lovely day so I set to work cleaning the patio area and cutting the grass while Amy made a start on cleaning the house and preparing the food. DK arrived at around 11am with the disco gear. We had some decks, ropes lights and a revolving ball light. Jake looked great in his Elvis outfit complete with cape and gold belt.
The weather was brilliant, the hottest day of the year so far. All the children were charging around the garden. Jake received some great presents including : a bumper Thomas jigsaw set, a playmobil rubbish truck, a sticker book and a radio controlled camper van amongst others. The only squabble of the day concerned Jake’s wheelbarrow. All the children took a shine to it. Stanley in particular loved filling it with stones from the bottom of the garden and then depositing them at random place on the lawn :-(.