Well folks. Since my last post, we’ve stumbled upon the Easter Holidays. There’s simply no better idea than giving the kids 19 days off. It’s not our kids that bother me. It’s other peoples. Everywhere you go, the EMOs are out in record number just sitting on stairs. The NEDs are drinking their Buckfast and having little orgies. What a wonderful world lol.

We decided that we’d take the kids to Edinburgh Zoo at the start of the holidays, and may I add, the cost of getting in, certainly doesn’t seem worth it anymore. They claim to have over 1000 animals, but i beg to differ. Don’t get me wrong, we had a great day out, Ben loved it, as did I. Ash liked it too, but when you need to push a pram up the hill to any section or animal, it kinda gets tiring. Firstly I was disappointed that there is no longer any Meerkats at the zoo. I guess since Aleksander and Sergei have made them too common to be at the zoo…Simples! Most of the monkeys were in quarantine for rabies as they were new, and there was also many more missing. You do get a good day out, it was warm, and felt really nice to be a little family, but I think as there wasn’t too many animals, they should reduce their costs, instead of it being nearly £40 for 2 adults and a child.

Next on the agenda for the holidays was to let Emily have her first experience at the swimming baths. Ben loves swimming, and i don’t think it’ll be too long until he no longer needs armbands, but Emily being 9 weeks old, only experiences swimming at 7:15 every night  in the 5 inches of water in her bath. Apart from looking cute in her tiny costume, she was really enjoying it. When we had got there, there was a sign on the door saying that the air temperature may be different in the pool area. I think the sign forgot to mention that the water temperature was set to 0 degrees too. I think it’s the first ever time myself and Ashy Bashy have had to go to the big pool because the baby pool was much colder…very weird. I love swimming though, and forget how much until i’m there. Proves I ain’t allergic to water, and gives Ash a way to trick me into having a shower.

On friday, Ash and myself booked a table at Nando’s for some Peri-Peri Chicken, and then went to see Kick-Ass. First off, nando’s is a great little restuarant. They’re chicken is great, and the service is quite quick. It was nice to be out just myself and Ash, as we hadn’t really done it since before Emily was born. The food shaped up nicely for the movie to follow, but as full as i was, I still had to have some sweet popcorn. At a Vue cinema, I like the way it works. You buy your tickets either off your card at the wee machine, or just where you get your popcorn. They then give you the choice of where you want to sit, and the seats are far more comfortable. The small popcorn is cheaper and nearly as big as the large at Cineworld, so was a great deal. Kick-Ass is an awesome film. It does just what it says on the tin. It’s funny as hell, stars McLovin’, and Nicholas Cage was fantastic in it. I felt rather shocked when the 11 year old girl walks into a room, calls everyone ‘cunts’, then kills them all. It’s really that kind of movie. We took a wee drive home through Tullibucket, Alloa etc, and spotted our mysterious red lights in the sky, but they’re another story.

On saturday. Haggis and Mrs Haggis asked if we fancied a wee day in the sun at Callendar Park. Myself, Ash and Emily all went up, and we sat at Callander House and played some football, and rugby…kind of. Throwing the ball counts in my eyes lol. Mrs Haggis mentioned having a BBQ, and before we knew it, we were arranging to go collect Ben and head through for one. Mrs Haggis is quite the mean cook, everything was awesome. After it taking an hour to light the BBQ, and an 11 year old boy showing us how to do it properly, we did get to eat. Afterwards when we were leaving, we suddenly couldn’t find the car key. I had been putting the pram back in the car, and started wondering if i’d left the keys in the boot. My suspicion was aroused when i went out to check, and there’s 5 gypsies standing around the car whispering. By this point, we’ve got the whole house looking for these keys, taking the baby out her car seat incase i stupidly put them there etc. As usual, it was the greedy damn couch that had eaten them.

That’s been my pretty full few weeks, i’ll post again later