Yesterday evening was year 6 leavers inflatables party which got off to a very good start. There was a giant inflatable slide & an obstacle course. There were sumo suits & a knock each other off the pole game & a football shooting game. There was also a game of rounders going on. The children had a wonderful time & the parents sat chatting & eating their picnics. At this point our picnic seemed a bit inadequate as the people next to us unloaded bottles of wine & tubs of delicious looking delicacies from M & S. We meanwhile took out our peanut butter sandwiches.
After an hour of this a few raindrops began to fall. Then more & more rain came. The children continued to have a good time, the slide being now even more slippery. And there was an ice cream van. The adults however looked increasingly miserable,huddled on their wet picnic rugs under umbrellas, apart from the few who copped out & went into the school hall with fish & chips.
Anyway, the children really enjoyed themselves, and that's the main thing. And I'm ever so grateful to the mum who shared her umbrella with me.