Saturday sleepover

Saturday 27 March

Nanny P and Poppy established very early on that they would like to have the two granddaughters over for a sleepover together and this was the last opportunity that was not a school night or somebody’s birthday. Andrew dropped Lucy off just after 11am so the first two hours was spent enjoying a rather amusing movie ‘Peter Rabbit 2 at the Rivoli Cinema in Camberwell. Jo kept Nanny P company and shared the adult amusement and Lucy did remember some of the funny things but like most of the audience found it hard to sit still for quite so long. A bit of shopping at Kmart followed and then Nanny P in her wisdom remembered the best way to wear out Lucy was to submerge her in a swimming pool. A trip to the Harold Holt Pool in High St followed and an hour later Lucy was subdued and hungry, always a good sign. But there was young Holly to entertain so a short walk to Holly’s house with the $8 K Mart Kite and then off to the large park we headed to fly the kite. More running and chasing and blowing as there was not quite enough wind, before we finally said goodbye to Sammy and headed up the delightful bluestone laneway to our flat. The girls set up their camp beds, coloured in Easter books and then helped Poppy make pizzas which were devoured with suitable enthusiasm. And shortly thereafter when Lucy had read everyone the bedtime stories, children were showered and they climbed into their camp beds. Nanny P and Poppy made G n T’s and tentative dinner plans in a very subdued light and Lucy eventually crashed. Holy was keen to keep abreast of the action and took a bit longer but eventually gave up and the next thing we knew it was 6.15am on Sunday. We had survived and so too the girls and the neighbours – at least we had no complaints.