Makings from the Madhouse: Another busy day

So being a happy content domestic goddess ended about 20 minutes after i posted last night. Here was me thinking i have been so busy lets sit down and blog while the kids are watching a bit of pre-bed wind down tv. So i popped my head round the door and asked if they could just pick up the toys they had out before bed and all hell broke loose.. can't even say what happened really, but Molly was in tears and Ewan was shouting, downstairs looked like a disaster zone and Ali ended up in the kitchen eating and spilling cereal everywhere! still the calm was nice while it lasted.

Today though i knew was going to be busy, Fred was at nursery this morning, then i had booed them on a forest school at Stanah. So we cycled to my mums for a visit then on to collect Fred then on to Stanah. Fred refused to join in this week, but i will try him again as Molly loved it and while she was busy with that Fred and Ali played on the park. Its great there, just the right size for Alex and he enjoyed it

Stanah was so busy today, it was great to see it like that, Grandparents picnicking and holiday clubs, and groups of dog walkers, its such a lovely setting as well.

Afterwards we cycled home, at this point we had done over two hours of cycling, yes i hurt! I have had the bike trailer for over a week now and have used it for most days for at least an hour a time so i don't understand why its only today i hurt, its a weird pain above my knee caps, will have to google it, but i decided that as we had to go out again, this time to a birthday party at the YMCA's new bowling ally for one of Ewans friends, we would walk, ( bus there and walk back!)

Apart from a quick look, while looking for the loos on gala day i had not been in the YMCA Sports Centre since its Million pound re-vamp, strange really as i have spent hours their over the last 5 years watching the kids participate in various activity's, Judo, Gymnastics, but these all got stopped or moved to new venues when the work started and have not yet gone back, but to be honest a lot of them will not be able to go back as they have converted one of the sports halls into a Bowling ally and the other a skate park.

But it does look great and the bowling was glow in the dark. As i was knackerd from cycling i decided to treat the kids to tea out, to save going home and coming back.