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It hurts my heart…

To my intense surprise out on our weekly supermarket trip this week my three little leg hangers all behaved impeccably.  So much so on the drive home I gushed to them about their behaviour and whilst telling them how great they were and not paying attention to my surroundings twin boy caught me in a vulnerable moment and asked if because they had been good could they have a treat.

  “Of course” I replied, thinking a Freddo or a fudge, maybe even half an hour of Scooby Doo.

“Wicked,” said twin boy, “can we go there.” And pointed through the cars grubby window to a fun fair which had suddenly appeared in what used to be the station car park.

“Arse” I thought whilst my lips betrayed me and answered “yes”.

I haven’t been to a fair in years, not a real one surrounded by caravans and dogs on string leads, where the smell of candy floss mates with cigarette smoke in the air and bad language punctuates the sound of children laughing.

To my surprise it was actually liberating.  Free from the world of health and safety and signs saying how tall you must be to go on a child’s Merry Go Round. I didnt see a single clean cut teenager posing as staff taking forever to check and double check seatbelts and other fastening devices on rides that could lose on a 100 metre dash to a snail and pose less danger than a balloon and a pin.  Instead gruff looking chaps told me to ‘hold onto the kiddies tight’ with a twinkle in their eyes as they chuckled at my attempts to find a seat belt on the ‘twister.’

First the bouncy castle, two quid for as long as they like and helped on and off by an older lady with few teeth and a fag dripping out of the corner of her mouth.  After three minutes my kids automatically climbed off and started to put on shoes, then burst back through the entrance screaming in delight when told they could have as long as they liked.  They re appeared two minutes later complaining of thirst and tiredness and being a good mother I promised them a drink if they stayed on for five more minutes so I got my moneys worth.

We spent some time in the arcade pouring in ten penny pieces trying to win more back or even the top prize of a pack of fags; now I have never seen that at a theme park….

The hall of mirrors was a world of giggles until my eyes welled up for a moment when the trickery of the glass on one side made my children look like toddlers again for a moment and nostalgia threatened to overcome me.  It was quickly replaced by amazement as another mirror suddenly aged my babies and I think I saw an impression of how they may both look as adults.

To be honest everything was cheap, and yes it smelled a little but they (and I) adored it.  After begging for an hour to go on a “big” ride I finally relented and took the twins on their first Waltzer experience.  Holding each child as tight as I could manage I yelled a warning them it would be fast as it creaked into action.  Five minutes later I found myself with a free face lift as I was pinned to the chair by gravity and was spun round and round like food in a blender whilst my tiny five year olds alternated between screaming “more please more” and “ergh I feel sick”.  We finally emerged looking like we had fallen out of a bar as we weaved in and out of the rides and twin girl summed it up for us.

“Mummy, it hurt my heart it was so awesome! And I feel so sick, like in a wonderful way.”

Happy kids, happy mum, different kind of afternoon.

Comments

  1. TheBoyandMe says

    May 8, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Sounds brilliant! I can’t do the Waltzers ever again after going on them when I ws drunk.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 7:36 pm

      i need to know more on this, was it recent? did it involve sickness? was it on the ride?

      Reply
  2. The Hopeful Romantic says

    May 8, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    That is so lovely! You’ve all been through so much – days like this are to be cherised. xx

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 7:36 pm

      thanks x

      Reply
  3. mothersalwaysright says

    May 8, 2011 at 7:31 pm

    Sounds like my kind of fair. Bet the queues were shorter too! x

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 7:35 pm

      Queues???

      honestly it put some of our more expensive days to shame…

      Reply
  4. helloitsgemma says

    May 8, 2011 at 7:36 pm

    when can we go?
    sounds fab!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 7:38 pm

      Its only on till tomorrow am afraid, I am sure they will hit the northern towns soon, probably drop the prices to tenpence and tuppance for you….

      Reply
  5. Mcai7td3 says

    May 8, 2011 at 7:37 pm

    I feel sick after about 2 rides at funfairs these days. To be 5 again!!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 7:38 pm

      I very nearly saw my lunch post Waltzer – blergh

      Reply
  6. Multiple Mummy says

    May 8, 2011 at 8:12 pm

    What a fab afternoon. I must say I am in awe as I hate rides and am dreading the day the kids want to go on something and Daddy is not there! 🙂

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 8:15 pm

      oh I love rides etc, have noticed as I have gotton older I tend to have a more worried style though. I think kids make you a little more aware of your own mortality….

      Reply
  7. Kate Takes 5 says

    May 8, 2011 at 8:17 pm

    Oh my God you are possibly the best mum in the world.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 8:54 pm

      Ha! I am not sure about that! x

      Reply
  8. Kerry says

    May 8, 2011 at 8:47 pm

    Oh sounds so much fun, these are the best type of fairs for sure! I love fun fairs and can never get enough of the rides xx

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 8, 2011 at 8:55 pm

      I can hand on heart say I have had enough of the Waltzer!

      Reply
  9. Scottish Mum says

    May 8, 2011 at 9:50 pm

    Those fairs are fabulous lol. We’ve done a couple and the kids always enjoy them more than the big permanent carnivals.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:43 am

      Dirty, smelly and loads of fun x

      Reply
  10. Louisa says

    May 8, 2011 at 10:03 pm

    That’s awesome! after tweeting with someone yesterday about a different type of parental hurting heart I am so glad that you story was this one!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:33 am

      Glad you liked x

      Reply
  11. PoorParenting says

    May 8, 2011 at 10:17 pm

    There was an urban myth at my school that you can’t be sick on those blender-stick-to-the-wall type things.

    Something to do with the G-Force keeping the sick from leaving your mouth.

    It’s not true.

    I’ve seen the rather repulsive evidence with my own eyes.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:32 am

      Truely delightful. Please tell me you don’t have photographic evidence for this?

      Reply
  12. Iris says

    May 8, 2011 at 10:49 pm

    Oh, it hurts my heart too! The funhouse mirror part where you got a glimpse of your babies as adults took my breath away.

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:29 am

      It was uncanny. Twin boys head stretched so he looked like an adult and his features changed entirely. Another reminder that their time as little ones is too short in comparison….

      Reply
  13. Bod for tea says

    May 8, 2011 at 10:59 pm

    Can’t wait to take DD to the fair…circus…fun day… sounds like they had a ball 😀

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:28 am

      They did. And all for under a tenner. Woohoo

      Reply
  14. Red Ted Art says

    May 9, 2011 at 3:56 pm

    Oh my isn’t “Mummy, it hurt my heart it was so awesome! And I feel so sick, like in a wonderful way.” the coolest thing for a child to say to you!! Well done you for being so spontaneous and having such a fabulous day!

    Maggy

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 4:52 pm

      She is pretty cool!

      thanks for dropping by….

      xxx

      Reply
  15. Trish@ Mum's Gone to says

    May 9, 2011 at 7:28 pm

    Top prize a packet of fags – now that made me roar with laughter.
    Cracking day out, missus!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 9, 2011 at 7:31 pm

      seriously we invested £2 trying to get those fags – do you know their street value……

      Reply
  16. Sulkyzebra says

    May 10, 2011 at 7:35 am

    Ciggy’s in an arcade machine ….lol

    Reply
  17. Sulkyzebra says

    May 10, 2011 at 7:35 am

    Sorry …ciggies….

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 10, 2011 at 8:16 am

      Ha didn’t even notice the typo x

      Reply
  18. LJB @ crankymonkeys in london says

    May 10, 2011 at 8:47 am

    “…I feel so sick, like in a wonderful way.” – LOL 🙂

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 10, 2011 at 9:13 am

      How cute is she! X

      Reply
  19. TheMadHouse says

    May 10, 2011 at 8:49 am

    I love days like that and I have to say I love a good old fashioned travelling fair too. They smell of onions, candyflosh and cigarette smoke!

    Reply
    • janeblackmore says

      May 10, 2011 at 9:14 am

      And ours had delightfully smelly drainage as well owing to torrential rain the night before!

      Reply

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