It was Tom's 4th birthday party, so Fi, Dan and the children, plus Mum (who was staying with them) came over late morning. The three cousins played hard until it was time to go, with still-crawling Charlie in hot pursuit.
The event was at the sports centre in Crawley, where part of the sports hall was sectioned off and stocked with a small bouncy castle and a myriad of ride-on toys and other equipment of interest to small children (and to some adults - ahem - too!).
Emily and Fern played together most of the time, presumably because most of the other kids knew each other, being Tom's friends from nursery.
Nick and I had a bit of fun, trying out the space hoppers, hula hoops and the bouncy castle. We adjourned to the cafe upstairs for party food, though owing to miscommunication they hadn't cooked it and there was an awkward 20 minutes to try to take the hungry partygoers minds off the fabulous train cake that Sarah and Eileen had assembled.
The family all recongregated at chez Lewsey, and soon after it was time for me to take Nick to the station as he had to return to London ready for the working week ahead. Our brief sojourn together was over, with only the prospect of a dozen hours together (mainly asleep) before he flies to Tokyo next week.
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