We had a good time at Parachute, good enough that we have bought tickets to go again next year. We took both boys. Mr 3 was a real pest. He spent most of his time in the bouncy castle, and when we took him away from there he would wander off. We knew he would be like this so we had written his name and my cell phone number in vivid marker on his arm (the person we borrowed the pen from seemed concerned it wouldn't rub off, but that was our point!!). He was spotted on his own by a few people - but they would look round and I would wave and they knew it was long distance parenting. The place to report lost children was Information - the only time he really disappeared was while R was talking to the people in Information. Irony! But he wandered back of his own accord in under 5 minutes, just before R had heart failure.
Today R and I took Mr 3 to the supermarket to pick up a few well needed supplies. He always sprints off to check the fish counter, he loves looking at lobsters/monsters, and prawns. And today he didn't come back for a while, and then it dawned on us he had not come back. So I got the last two things and went and paid and waited by the checkout while R paced the supermarket, and the much scarier carparks. No Luck. So they paged for him (I was so proud of me - I KNEW WHAT HE WAS WEARING!!) and someone from meat or deli with gloves on brought him back. He had gone shopping for what he wanted - he'd collected chocolate yoghurt, cheese slices and a lollipop. He was TOTALLY unconcerned about getting 'lost' and almost ran off again straight away. Quite different from Mr 7 who used to never leave us in case he left without him. He still thinks we would do that. They are so different
Posted by Toni at January 28, 2008 07:36 PM