Its Jai’s 7th birthday on Tuesday. And since his godfather was here for the weekend, we took the boys, Eden and Rani, to Movieworld.
It was a gorgeous day, sunny and hot, and started out with Jai’s dreams coming true…
{he was so excited about meeting Batman, had been practicing what to say for weeks
“mum, what if I say , Batman,I’m your biggest fan?” {hysterical giggles}
And Luka? Well, his favorite is Scooby Doo. But he was a little star struck!
Lots of rides, overpriced food, the kids were having a ball. Luka got chocolate ice cream all over himself,like a chocolate beard, and I was forced to take his shirt off to clean him {and Eden} up.
Then, it happened. Now can I mention we had FIVE adults watching FOUR kids. I spoke the dreaded words {which I say at least 15 times a day, such is my paranoia and his love of running off}
“Where’s Luka?”
He was gone. In a theme park. We all just split up, running. I ran into a shop to see if they could get a message over the loudspeaker or something. The lovely lady asked for a description.
“3 years old, shaved head, boardshorts, no shirt, very dirty feet” – here’s the part where I start feeling like the worst mum in the world.
No shirt!! why didn’t we bring spare clothes!! And why didn’t I make him put his shoes back on!!! And why did I let go of him AT ALL!!! {this is what I'm saying to myself in my head}
I turned around and saw Luka, perched on Nate’s shoulders. It had been about 7 minutes. And I have at least 40 new grey hairs.
{ I was so worked up –or ‘distraught’ as the shop assistant put it- that I then proceeded to panic…
“Where’s Eden???!!!!!”
I was carrying her.
Apart from that, and when Jai went to ‘look for Daddy’ and took forever to come back, it was a good day. I don’t do scary rides though. I’m just there to carry the bags while I wait for others to have rides haha.
Next time, maybe I will buy one of those leash things like I've threatened in the past.
