Busy Busy Saturday

We had so many things booked for today that its a miracle we managed to get them all done!!! First of all Little Prince was going to his friend's birthday party, at the local indoor play centre. Me and Mr Messy took him and dropped him off, we then nipped over to the shopping centre to get some last minute shopping done while he wasn't with us!! We got presents for his foster mum and her son while we were out, as straight after the party we were setting off to visit them. During the party Little Prince asked his best friend's mum who Best Friend's foster mum was - he must think that everyone had a foster mum!! I had planned ahead and brought a spare outfit for Little Prince to get changed into after the party, which turned out to be a great idea as his socks were disgustingly black (do they ever clean those places?!?!?!) and he had party food all down his shirt!! Once he was nicely presentable again we set off on our visit. Little Prince was upset that we had left his comfort blankie at home and blamed me and Mr Messy for that oversight!! He spent most of the rest of the journey alternatively complaining and blaming!! Once we told him we were almost there, he suddenly said "Thank you so much for taking me to see Foster Mum, mummy and daddy" I filled up at that.

The visit went very well, Little Prince seemed to feel very much at home and showed no signs of nervousness or shyness, as he usually does when visiting people he doesn't see very often. He and Foster Mum's son played with the toys, had a turn on the Playstation and then played some more. We gave Foster Mum tonnes of photos of Little Prince in addition to her Christmas pressie, and she seemed to really appreciate them :-) Well who wouldn't - he's gorgeous :-) When the boys started to get over excited, giddy and noisy we decided to call it a day and Little Prince happily hugged them goodbye and after checking that he could visit again, was happy to get in the car and come home. That was when it really hit him that he didn't have comfort blankie, and I think he could have really done with it. He calmed down after being promised a trip to McDonalds on the way home.

While we were doing all of this, Drama Teen went to the cinema with her Young Man and some other mutual friends. They were dropped off by LMS and The Boyfriend, who then went to eat in a nearby restaurant (wasn't very nice apparently) before picking up Drama Teen and her best friend and bringing them home for a sleepover - and no doubt a good gossip about Young Man!! Fraulein, went shopping in town with one of her college friends and managed to get herself there and back using the bus with no incidents :-)