It was wet on and off all day. We scratched our plan to go to Tatton Park and Pam and I took Emily to John Lewis. Pam kindly stayed with her in the toy department for half an hour while I had a quick shuftie round womenswear. Then we went to the childrens' clothing department and she chose a pack of 'big girls' pants', as I have told her many times that once we are settled back at home she will be upgrading to the potty. She got a bit fed up, partly because she thought that I ought to buy her some plastic vegetables and partly because her mood was affected yet again by her toilet habits. We calmed her down and got her home on the promise that Pam had something special for her there, and indeed she did: a Peppa Pig play set with a train, duck pond and see-saw, complete with several figurines. Does that count as bribery?!
After lunch it rained again and that made our minds up that Emily should play at Fun4All, an indoor softplay place in Macclesfield. Unfortunately she realised as we arrived that she had left Goki at home and cried, but once we were through the door he was forgotten as soon as she saw all the play equipment. Pam had bravely agreeed to stay there with her while I went into town to sort one or two things out. I walked for quarter of an hour in drizzle and scurried across several busy roads. After my chores I bought Private Eye and relaxed with coffee and cake for a while before setting off back to the play venue. By now the weather had deteriorated and the rain had come back with a vengeance. I arrived drenched to find that Emily was having a fantastic time and she soon had me clambering around on foam steps, through nets and down slides. A small trip resulted in floods of tears and I realised just how tired she was after no nap and two hours of fun, so we headed for home.
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