Rutland Water

At last a sunny start to the day after all the grey mornings of days gone by. It was the first thing that Lucy  commented on after giving me the lowest smile as I went in to her room first thing this morning when I heard her calling my name. It was just what we all needed to get out the parks around Rutland water and have some fun.

After Lucy got out of bed and gave me a hug went straight into Emily and Catherine's room to open the curtains let in the sun and welcome them both to a new day.  As usual she climbed into Catherine bed to make sure she got up. Got to give Lucy one thing she has her head screwed on, Catherine the one that makes her breakfast when they are altogether. 

After breakfast Catherine and Lucy sat down on the sofa together and watched television to Emily appeared and they all went off into the family room to play.

Just after ten we headed out to Rutland water to play in the parks there. The opportunity to play in the sunshine was one we could miss even if it meant we didn't get a Sunday lunch together. In fact that lunch which we were going to have for dinner never happened either, but more of that later.

The first of the parks we went to was the one near Empingham which has an adventure playground as well a play area for smaller children. They all love it there and there is lots for them all to do. Lucy has even found her own ways of doing things on the assault corse that she just to little to do. On the stepping bridge she made it the step over bridge so she could join in with Catherine's games. In return Catherine played Lucy's horse game on the same piece of equipment. It was also lovely making a pretend fire with them from sticks they all gathered for me. They might not get on occasionally, Emily and Catherine have there fall outs now and again, but when they do all get on it is lovely. I hope they all enjoyed there time together.

Before we left Empingham part of Rutland Water we also popped to the aquarium to look at the fish they have there. It isn't very big but it is still interesting to look around and the girls like it. It is meant to be a shop, but I do wonder if they ever sell anything.

When we got the Barnsdale playground it was closed for refurbishment. I must stay it does seem a silly time to refurbish a playground in the summer when it going to get use the most. It wasn't like it was in a bad state of repair or anything, all the climbing frames were in good condition and I know Emily, Catherine and Lucy loved that little playground to bits.

So with the play ground closed we had to find something else to do so we headed through a gate and down the hill to the waters edge avoiding the fresh sheep droppings. When we got to the waters edge Catherine and Lucy both started throwing stones in the water with Catherine showing Lucy how to throw her stones further. It was lovely down there and so picturesque with the sailing boats on the water and the lovely countryside that surrounds Rutland Water. It was quite a hill for Lucy to climb up on the way back to the car park, but I was amazed she made it on her own. She is really getting good on those little legs and she doesn't complain wherever we go that her legs hurt. 

Because the Barnsdale play area was closed we decide to pop to Langham Park for a bit to make up for the missed playground time. Although Lucy was tired after all her hill climbing she did eventually start playing although in general she wanted to sit about. Catherine and Emily on the other hand were soon doing time trials on the assault course and having a ball of a time. We didn't stay there long but they all did end up having fun.

Time was very limited when we got home we had cheese burgers with tomatoes for lunch. All the girls loved it and they didn't seem to concerned that lunch had turned into dinner. After all they still got there ice lollies for pudding which they seemed to think was the main thing on a hot day to cool them off.

After lunch the girls had forty minutes to play together at home before little Lucy went back to her mummies. After her food Lucy had picked up and seemed to have found new energy. They had a mad forty minutes together with lots of laughter and giggling. It was a shame it had to end, but it did. After getting Lucy changed into her clean clothes we both head into Oakham playing music and chatting along the way. After getting out of the car I gave her a kiss told her to be good. 

Returning home we all got ready to pop to the shops just get the things we ran out of. It was then that I decided to postpone Sunday dinner for another day and have something simpler for dinner so we could all enjoy the rest of the lovely sunshine. So with that in mind we brought some pork chops for dinner. Far easy to do than a pork joint

After we got home and put the shopping away we head out to Normanton with George to have more fun around Rutland Water. As far as I can remember I don't think Emily and Catherine had ever been there before. As there is no play area there to make sure we had something else to do we took a football with us too. Emily loves playing football and was looking forward to having the space to kick the ball around. George loved it a Normanton and all the chance to meet and play with other dogs. He especially loves meeting other westies and he gets so excited when he sees one. We also discovered he likes chasing ducks. Good thing he was on a lead for the ducks sake. Emily walked him first and then Catherine took over while Emiy played football with me. We were have loads of fun until I my shoe decided to split and then we all had to head home.

When we got home Emily went of to George's to play on the Xbox 360 while I cooked dinner for everyone. Emily was having such a good time that after dinner she wanted to go back to George's, but unfortunately there wasn't time, however she is going there on Tuesday to stay with his sister Charlie for a sleep over. 

They had a lovely day and I hope they have as much fun tomorrow. Lucy is back tomorrow. The picnic food is ready to be made and the drinks are in the fridge chilling nicely. If the sunset is anything to go by then we should make it to the country parks in Northamptonshire. New park's are so much fun for them, and it is always nice even as adult to go somewhere new. Roll on the new day!