Softplay Chronicles

Last week I took the boy to a new softplay centre. For thos eof you who don't know what one is and if that's you then slap yourself for me, a softplay centre is somewhere that has a climbing frame with slides and ball pits and it's all padded so kids can't hurt themselves - they're great fun! Anyway, I thought we'd try a different one and see good it was.

It was busy as hell, that's what it was. Schools are on holiday and there were all these women there with their kids. I probably shoulda had a field day with all the mums there since the ratio of girls-to-guys was about 30-1 but knowing who's a single parent and who isn't seems out of my league, plus I was there to play with the boy, not chat up women :)

He was so, so excited and could barely wait whilst daddy paid a hefty amount for him to get in (but I was testing the place out so it was okay). There were no free seats anywhere so I found a bit of wall, claimed it as daddy Gurn's and put our stuff there. The boy was desperate to get in so I lifted him into the place and went off to take my shoes off. Of course, his enthusiasm was replaced with a little bit of nerves so he hovered at the edge shouting on me all the time.

Once I was in there with him he was loving it.. until someone came across and told his daddy to get off the frame because "adults aren't allowed on it". I hate that :( I wanna play with him on it and what if he gets stuck up on the top?? Stupid rules :p

Good fun and he threw a big tantrum when we had to leave but I don't think we'll be back, it's quite pricey.