And the reason for no crafting was...........

......because we were busy - and spent Saturday here:

Peppa Pig Land, snort, snort :)

Mia and Livi absolutely loved Peppa Pig Land, and one of the wisest moves of the day was to hire a double buggy for them to hop in and out of.

Which also came in useful for belongings (that's my 'lovely Len' with me BTW) when everyone else went up on rides.

Anyone guess I don't like heights? Just peeking over the edge and calling Len some pretty mean names to myself as he 'volunteered me' to take the girls for a 'hot air balloon ride'- it might as well have been the real thing for the amount I saw :)

 

Closer to the ground on a tractor so feeling happier in myself - Livi was not so happy as she was deemed too small to be allowed to ride in the front seat with Mia where she could have played with her very own steering wheel :( They're very strict on 'elf an safety', and measure heights too, which is reassuring but try explaining that one to a two and a half year old! And the little front seats were the size of tea plates so not made for adults to ride up front with a little one on their lap either.

Of course, Mia was totally fearless and loved this ride which children from about four years old can go on alone.

And Livi was happy to find anything with wheels, buttons and knobs to fiddle with - so nothing's changed there :) She's in a little car here and having some serious fun, toot, toot!!

But, when we asked later on at home which had been the very best part of the day - Mia's reply wasn't a particular ride, the Peppa Pig toys, balloons, the penguins, meerkats etc. - it was this:

Actually going 'inside Peppa Pig's House' - that was the very best bit to Mia :)

Aw, how cute. And, this house was soooo quiet when they left yesterday - we were both shattered needless to say. But, it was so worth it and brilliant to spend time with the little ones of course.

So, if you're wondering about a trip to Peppa Pig Land (it's within Paultons down near Romsey in Hampshire) I'd say 'Yes'. We were lucky and it didn't rain at all so I'd possibly not book tickets in advance even though there's a saving to be had (we hadn't booked up in the end and were served really quickly at the ticket kiosk) and then judge the weather on the day itself. Yes, you might have to queue for about 20 minutes for the more popular rides in Peppa Pig Land, although not all of them had such long queues. And, the rest of Paultons has a load of other rides which you can practically get straight onto. It was August Bank Holiday (what Dumbos we are, we thought it was the Bank Holiday!!) a weekend during the school holidays as well - so, although it was busy, we were pleased to see it wasn't a heaving mass of people as we'd half expected. There are plenty of places to sit and have a picnic, or you can buy food there. Do take some drinks and nibbles anyway though.

Normal service will be resumed now - just as soon as I have another loooooong sleep.

Di
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