We were meeting up with my friend Farah and her family for a day of fun, mostly based around the kids. We met up around 11am, which felt earlier becuase we got to experience the time change again here in Britian. Farah picked us up at the Haymarket station and we headed to a big indoor play area called Monkey Buzniss. It was a great place for Ellie and her two kids - Ryan 5 and Zien 2. Ellie really enjoyed playing there and it was nice to catch up with Farah and meet her family.
We had some late lunch at a popular chicken place called Nandos - where David was the only one having chicken. The kids were exhausted and I was ready to take them home, but Ellie had caught wind of discussion of the big park in The Meadows, so we persisted on to the biggest play park I have ever seen in a public place.
The kids had a good time. Max even got a swing or two. We hung out there for about an hour and then started towards city center with 2 exhausted children - one on my back and one in the stroller. Actually, we started with Max on my stomach asleep and I could not handle the pain on my back. I told Ellie she would need to get out of the stroller so we could put Max in to sleep. She looked at me and calmly said, "No." Then proceeded to lay her head back, close her eyes and fall dead asleep for nearly 90 minutes (this is the ONLY time this has happened on our trip.) She was so exhausted, she couldn't take another step. So, David and I figured out how to move Max around to my back in the baby Ergo and marched forward.
It was a long walk into town, but we enjoyed the walking. When we got near the center we stopped for a treat in a cafe. Ellie slept though this as well - it was table service and we were there for nearly an hour. Max woke though in time to demand a little on my vanilla ice cream, which he has gotten a few times on this trip. He loves it very much. I figure, there's not much else that we can do to treat a 9 month old on this vacation.
We didn't get any time to visit the castle, maybe next time. This is a picture of Ellie enjoying the treat she got after waking from her long stroller nap. It was a bit of a tramatic waking and hard to calm down, but thanks to a Starbucks treat, she's alright!
We made our way towards the train station and arrived at 5 minutes before the next train took off for Glasgow (destination for Sunday night was hotel Hay-Cummings). We bought tickets and ran for track 12 and just missed the train pulling out of the station with 2 tired chickens in tow. So, we checked we were allowed back out of the tracks area and proceeded to the pub for a pint while waiting. The kids had some snacks from the bag and enjoyed their time as did David and I.
We made the 6:30 train back to Glasgow and arrived around 7:45. It was very long train ride back. We were all anxious for showers and Grannie's house. They were all so bored, Daddy made up a song about Mommy having ants in her pants!
We were happily greated by Grannie and Millar - with a big car, carseats and eveen a latte from Starbucks for Mommy! They are so kind and take very good care of us.
After a bit of wrestling with the carseats and giving in to the fact they are not as secure in British cars as they are in American ones, we proceeded home for some quick bed and baths.
The kids did great today! It was nice meeting up with Farah and we intend to do it again when we are back next time - 3 years or something like that. The kids are so very flexible, which I am proud of them for being. They get this from their daddy!
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