All the Fun of the Fair

First Direct had a free fun fair set up for the weekend for staff and their friends and family so Laura who works there invited us along to join her Paul and Isabel.

Isla had never been to a fair before and was a little overwhelmed at first. I took her on the teacup ride which is fairly tame by any ones standards I thought, but she wasn't too keen and was clinging onto me, having said that it did go faster than I was expecting but I coped!

Paul and Andrew went on the much more manly ride, this picture was just as it set off so was at quite a sedate pace still. We all declined the big rocket ride that flung you high and upside down etc.

There was also face painting on offer so we took Isla for another first for her. I decided a full on tigers face or butterfly etc might be too much for her and I didn't think she would sit still that long so we opted for a few pretty flowers instead. We managed to get a quick picture whilst she pinched a drink of my diet coke, no food or drink is safe with Isla around, last week we caught her having a swig of Andrews beer! If I hadn't caught her the tell tale beer moustache would've given her away!

Sunday Lunch at The Turnpike

As the weather is changing and winter is fast approaching we decided to cheer ourselves up by treating our selves to Sunday lunch with all our friends. We needed somewhere child friendly as me and Adele have now caught the others up and have children of our own.
We chose the Turnpike at Knottingley as it has an indoor and outdoor playground and even better all the meals were 2 for 1!
Adele turned 39 this week, Helen already is and I'm fast approaching so we thought we'd get a picture of the old girls, I don't think we look that bad on it!






Nell the youngest of our group slept through the whole thing and was no trouble at all. Everyone wanted a cuddle and Isla was off playing which left me and Andrew chance to relax and chat with our friends over a nice leisurely meal and drink.















It wasn't a bad day so the kids spent a lot of time outside, Matthew & Rebecca were in charge with Becca's boyfriend Ben and they kept them out of trouble for us. Isla and Isaac enjoyed playing together, maybe a future romance in years to come?!
















We all had a great time and the food was cheap as chips, so we'll probably all go again. What is really good is that now all the pubs are no smoking there is no problem taking the kids and you don't stink of smoke when you come home.
It may not seem like a great day out but with a toddler and a 4 week old going anywhere is fantastic!