child's play

I know I say it all the time but how fantastic are Bank Holiday weekends? Seriously? The sun has been shining all weekend, my wardrobe staples have been shorty shorts, vests, and flip flops. It's been blimmin' marvellous.

The entire weekend has been action packed. My sis arrived with her entourage on Friday in time for my ma's 60th birthday celebrations. Cries of Aunty Claire Aunty Claire were to be heard for miles around. In the 3 days I have taken part in the following activities:
1. Nintendo Wii. Oh wow. I really really want one now! What a riot. We boxed; we bowled; we cast spells with Harry Potter; we drove the Disney Cars round and round the track...please can I have one? I wear the proud badge of knocking out my opponent in the boxing within 45 seconds of the first round, oh yes, I am the champion!
2. Whoever invented balloons deserves the biggest medal. Kids LOVE them. The summer breezes were up this weekend so my suggestion to attach some string and go fly the balloons was like the BEST thing ever. Cos not only do the kids love it, all that running up and down makes them totally knackered, thus sending them to bed early, yay!
3. I forgot how much fun SwingBall is! It started off quite gently, playing with the wee 'uns, then me and my sis set to playing. We had to stop halfway through to get bricks to hold it down cos we were hitting it that viciously it was rising out of the mud. After trying to knock each other out with the ball, we had to stop play due to a complicated sequence of events that couldn't have been repeated if we'd tried hard where my sis hit the ball really hard, it and my bat both flew up in the air and whacked me on the knuckle; eyes watering and trying hard not to swear, I had to admit defeat. The bruise is developing nicely.
4. Superhero dancing. This basically involves (should any of you want to try it) wearing a party mask, and dancing in the style of Superman to any song that comes on: "fast music Aunty Claire we want fast music"
5. Ninja play. Kicking. More kicking. Striking the pose with the arms. Nuff said really.
6. Making up my 3 year old niece for the party, using my Urban Decay sparkly eyeshadows and lipgloss, as well as some pink blusher, Ruby and Millie shocking pink nail varnish, and plaits please Aunty Claire. I had to draw the line when she wanted black eyeshadow! She is such a girl! And she loves make up and necklaces and flipflops and clothes, or should I say she loves my...
7. Playing catch. How high can you really throw a ball up in the air? Very far, it turns out.
8. Helping to host the birthday bbq by running around and making sure peeps had drinks and enough food. I stayed outside with the men most of the night, best place to be I reckon. Funniest moment, one of the guys looking at me and saying "do you ever stop eating?" Well, erm, no not really.
9. Shopping with Fizz today. I knew I'd get a black hoodie! Ha! And 2 new pairs of pjs so that I can comply with the staying in a room with friends rule.
10. Oh and a 2nd bbq with Wavey, which was fuuun! We had sausages in buns. And homemade potato salad, with potatoes from the garden! Yum-a-licious.

10 days to San Fran. OMG! I am sooooooooo excited!