Portsmouth and Southsea

 

We had some Tesco club card vouchers that needed using up before they went out of date, so we headed to Spinnaker Tower in Portsmouth for the day. I would have cried if we didn't have the vouchers as the admission seemed very expensive, but maybe I am just getting tight with money in my old age.

 

On entering the tower we were grabbed to have a photo taken against a blue screen. I love photos of us all together, but I hate paying a small fortune for them, so later in the day we quickly skipped past the photo desk, I really am turning into an old grump

 

The lift whizzed us up to the first floor and the kids loved taking their shoes off to go on the glass floor, I was brave and walked over it a few times, but their dad stayed a safe distance away. Cat is a little bit mental and decided it was great, especially trying to jump through it, and laying down on it, that child definitely has a few screws loose.

The café was expensive, very slow, and lacking in room, so I would not choose to take kids in there again. However they did enjoy the top floor. Although it was annoying that no one had told us that we couldn't get the lift up there and we were not allowed to leave the buggy unattended, so we had to take it in turns taking the kids up.

It was actually much better than I expected, but at that price its definitely a one off.

After the tower we headed into Southsea just a few minutes down the road. As usual it was cold and the kids made a beeline for the shingle beach. Elliot was asleep in the sling, so we stopped for a while as the kids decided they simply had to play on this freezing cold beach.

Caitlin set about burying a bucket, and the other two started world war three with the sea, building a shingle wall, hiding behind it and firing stones into the sea. Its always brings so much joy just watching them playing, but I find this is more frequently tinged with sadness nowadays, knowing that Aidan will soon be too old for the make believe world that he currently loves. Arghh why can't they stay kids forever.

I did ask them all to stop having birthdays and to stop growing, but they refused, although Alex did offer to stop when she gets to 9, so thats very kind of her. Do any of us really take the time and enjoy this precious limited time with them as much as we should!