Saturday was a lovely day. Not least because I was off and didn’t have to get up at some ridiculous hour. Leah had a Brownie parade followed by a fete. Didn’t quite make the parade but saw the end bit when they were all assembled together in the middle of the field before marching off together. Leah has lots of Brownie badges. I think she likes Brownies. Abbie, Lauren and Libby met us there. Abbie and Lauren have matching pink stripy pushchairs. There were stalls with cakes, sweets, odds and ends. And tombolas galore. Leah won a horse picture. It’s hideous. Jeanette sneakily stuck it up in our lounge and both me and Emma are too lazy to take it down. It still has a ticket with the number 140 stuck to the glass. She also won a second hand soft toy and a gingerbread man that oiginally came with a McDonalds happy meal.
We came back and sat in the garden. I got the Barbie’s out. I say Barbies; there’s all sorts in there. Barbies. Sindies. One of the blokes from hearsay. A couple of Action men. A few cheap imitation Barbies. Random other similar sized dolls. Loads of kiddy and baby dolls. As well as a box of dolls, I’ve got a bin bag full of furniture. And a carrier crammed full of clothes. Evidence of the many car boots I have attended throughout my adult life. And charity shops. Leah used to play with them when she was a small person. Occasionally I still add to the collection. We all joined in, even Abbie. And Libby. Lauren picked out all the small people and had a little nursery going on. Leah wandered around taking photographs for me.
We had a picnic lunch. Emma made the sarnies and cut them into shapes with my cookie cutters. I liked the idea. I always overeat whenever there’s a spread to choose from. So at least the sarnies are small. Lorraine joined us which was lovely. She managed to avoid the camera most of the afternoon. We finished off what was in the fridge. Smoked salmon. Cocktail sausages. And crisps.
Abbie kindly brought licquorice allsorts and jelly babies. I love both. I managed to munch my way through most of the licquorice allsorts. Mainly because children don’t like them much. I love the big pink round ones with dessicated coconut in and a back centre. And the chocolate layered ones. And the blue jellies covered in hundreds and thousands. And the pink version. I also like the black cylinder sweets with white in the centre. And the pink sandwich ones. But I’ll eat any. I made cookies. Round oaty ones with sweets and chocolate drops. Chocolate ones cut into bunnies. And muffins. Plain muffins with smarties in. Yummy.
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