September 2, 2009
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As school holidays arrived once again this August, Madge and I found ourselves host to five of our seven grandkids for a fortnight, when Jake and twins Dan and Lauren came up from the South Coast to join Sam and Tom and cousins Lucas and Jackson.
We managed to rotate the sleeping arrangements with Daughter Sara so that everyone had regular changes of scene, and managed to cope nicely with regular visits to local parks, fun around the tree house in the garden, barbecues and trips to outdoor pools and seaside beaches on warm, sunny days.
Hard work for Madge, with bathing and bedding arrangements and mass catering with home-made cottage pies and hotbox stews to complement the inevitable kids’ favourites of chicken nuggets, beefburgers, sausages and chips. My speciality was breakfasts, with pancakes, fry-ups and waffles on offer.
Pics below show kids enjoying chasing around the garden at one of Sara’s barbecues, Lauren busy in Sam’s garden workshop making prezzies for her friends back home, Amy, Katie, Tom and Jackson feeding the ducks in the local park, Dan sliding down from the Treehouse in our garden, and Lolly and Katie on the beach on our day trip to the East Coast as guests of son John and wife Amanda.
Life is all about contrasts, and it’s nice now to just chill out and cater for ourselves in true Wrinkly fashion. In fact it’s essential !
Comments (3)
My word John those grand children are getting all grown up.
Home-made cottage pies and hotbox stews, and pancakes, fry-ups and waffles for breakfast? You and Marge can cook for me anytime. When is it convenient to stop over for a fortnight or two?
@guypithecus - Sorry Paul……….. I assume that, like me, you are well into your second childhood, so you would qualify as a gang member, but unfortunately 10 kids to feed would be too much of a toil of a pleasure. Best I could do would be to give you instructions on how to make your own hotbox !