1-2-3 JUMP!

Another scorching hot day. 34* before mid morning. Don't know what the humidity was but it was very very warm. Our friends, The Burlington Bertie's, were visiting today. They got here about 10:30am and before we could say "oops you've lost your keys!" we had to go off to a nearby Go station to drop Mr Burlington Bertie and Huffle off for their day at the Blue Jays Baseball. It was agreed that Mrs BB and Muffin would come home with us later but that Mr BB would head for home from Downtown. That was the point that he realised between his home and the Go station that he had lost his keys! Off the 'big' boys went (nothing we could do about the keys there and then!)

With two cars, we drove into our local town for the Strawberry Festival. The whole of the Main Street was blocked off so we parked in a residential part not too far away and walked through the streets. It was packed. There were stalls both sides selling food, crafts, all sorts.

Mrs Fried Sausage - this is for you (she moans my photos never show other people and she thought we were the only ones here - many many people!)

Muffin got her face painted while the boys had a freezy (ice pole) and strawberry sweets.

We all had a strawberry sundae. Ice cream with lashings of strawberrys and strawberry sauce in the shade of the church. There was practically no shade anywhere - mad dogs and Englishmen!!!

We talked to the Tae Kwon Do lady and entered a draw for Smallest to get a months worth of training free.

Smallest had a go at pressing apples into Apple Cider. We looked at lots of lovely things. The kids got free freezies and we got free water. We walked the length of the road and then decided to find something to eat. We tried to find sanctuary in an air conditioned restaurant but there were two lots of six people before us and they had been waiting for ages already, so we walked next door but that was just a breakfast place. We ended up in a pizza place and had a slice each with the intention of trying a corkscrew potato on the way back. A man held a potato in his hand, inserted what looked like a drill in one end and turned it, it cut the potato like a corkscrew, really thinly onto a skewer and then he deep fried it for a few seconds. It looked yummy. We didn't get one in the end because by the time we got back to that stall, no one was hungry and we were too hot and tired!

The kids wanted to go on the fun fair so we took them and they had three rides each. It wasn't the best fair but they were happy enough. They went on a cross between a waltzer and a roller coaster.

Small came off feeling dizzy. Smallest and Muffin loved it. Then Muffin went on the Fly, where you lie on your tummy and it goes round and up. The boys went in the Fun House, now we know that here, if anyone promises fun, it's not going to happen. It was a series of mirrors in a kind of maze, which they had no trouble getting through and then two wibbly mirrors. That was it. It was over in less than two minutes. The boys came out and I sent them back in. The person in charge didn't want them to go back in but I said they could. He he, naughty Mummy,

All three of them then went on a penguin ride - Moo was supposed to go on but she was scared! They had a quick go on a 'throw the ball up a ramp and try and get more points than is actually possible' - I think it had a shorter name than that! None of them won anything.

Muffin had a Slush Puppie without the ice (we renamed it a Puppie).

The rest of us had a lovely ice cream. We managed to find a seat in the shade for a while and then walked back up the street. Moo bought us a lovely iron welded hummingbird eating from a flower for our garden. Muffin bought herself a glass necklace and Mrs BB bought herself a butterfly for her outside wall. We entered the kids in a competition to win a massive teddy bear and Smallest and Muffin sat in a fire engine. We then finally got back to the car, put the air con on and drove home.

The first thing the kids did was to jump in the pool. They had a great time and instantly cooled off. We sat and watched them on the deck.

All three of them were jumping in shouting 1-2-3 jump and we were trying to take photos of them in mid-jump.

yes, it is possible to walk on water

..and levitate

Then it was time to go and pick up Huffle from the Go Station. I left everyone at the pool, picked him up and we got some food to bring back. We found a place called "Nothing but noodles" and we went in to see if they did anything else (how silly does that sound?). They actually did all sorts of different pastas, very fresh, very nice. Here, noodles means Pasta. Silly Billies. We took three different pastas back and some garlic bread sticks. ummmmmm nice.

The kids and Huffle played ball and catch and then it was time for Mrs BB and Muffin to go home. While we were chatting on the drive Moo found Mr BB's keys hidden under a plant! They must have fallen out when he had a quick go at the basketball when he arrived.

Good day, lots of fun, lots of sun.

Boys went to bed, we sat on the porch swatting away the Mossies!

Apparently Mr BB wanted his and Huffle's photo on the Jumbotron (scoreboard) at the baseball. They didn't show it, so hopefully this will partly make up for it.

Hey badda badda badda badda shawing badda, can't hit it,can't hit it, can't hit it!