Yesterday was the annual Close BBQ and I'd like to say the day dawned bright and clear...but we're in England and the weather is never that co-operative! It was raining first thing and when that cleared up it was very very overcast and windy...this could be a lot of fun - chasing our sausages across the lawns when they are whisked away by the howling gale!!
Well thank goodness that by the time we actually began cooking the wind had dropped and the sun was beginning to peep out from behind the clouds every now and again. Stephen and I were woefully disorganised with the result that we were back and forward to our house every few minutes to get some essential like the basting brushes. Consequently we were just eating our mains when everyone else was onto dessert!!!
It has probably been about 4 years since we were actually at the BBQ, so that's 4 years since "The Water Fight". I had disappeared early to plant a few things I bought and could hear lots of shrieking and laughing...Stephen appeared shortly after absolutely SOAKED through!! He'd been having a water fight with the kids - including Louise. Now, Louise has been hoping for a replay since that moment 4 years ago...and she was not going to be thwarted!! Out came the super soaker and a sneaky squirt under the table got Stephen good. Right down the front of his trousers! It looked like he'd had a little 'accident'!! Needless to say it escalated from there!! Both were soaked within a few minutes - especially as Stephen, in retaliation for a soaker attack on his shirt, got a bottle of water and tipped it down the back of Lou's neck! That required that his mummy (ie me!) took him aside for a talking to as the more elderly of our neighbours were looking a little nervous...
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