Those of you that know me well will know that I don't act my age. I never have. I have either acted older when I was younger or acted younger now that I'm older. Whatever being older or younger is.
Through experience, getting older supposedly makes you wiser. I also find that you can add cynicism and bitterness with this 'maturity'. Not necessarily in a bad way, more of a tired been there, seen it, done that type of exasperation. Especially when bright young things are being annoyingly smug about something or other and not listening to anything you say. I'm sure I was exactly the same then though!
However, there is always time for being unashamedly, rip-roaringly, head-spinningly childish. Defined as 'of like, or appropriate to a child' or 'silly and immature', why should kids have all the fun? Given that they already have the energy & the fresh collagen, it would be rude not to have a piece of the action and so when I can, I do!
And so, the weekend just gone saw Mat and I back in Essex to help Aiden and Liddy celebrate their 10th birthdays. As their godmother and having held them in my arms back in the day, I was proud to be there to see in this milestone age.
Their 'party' was at a pretty cool venue - Basildon Sporting Village. Yes, I know what you are thinking - QUE?!? Basildon? Sporting? Village? But oh yes, after an injection of millions of pounds this is where some of London Olympics 2012 participants can train to their hearts content in preparation for the Games proper. A good way of bringing the Olympics out to the people and for the area to benefit from the amazing facilities.
And the best bit...you can hire the Gym for a birthday party for a couple of hours. ALL OF IT! Awesome!
All of the equipment such as the balance beam, pommel horse, rings, vault, trampoline, foam pool and sprung floor were all ours to look ridiculous on! Hilarious! I especially loved the sprung floor as I was able to run around on it without having any undue stress on my joints, specifically my back. Absolutely bloody brilliant! If only the whole world had a sprung floor - just think how much better I would be?!
Anyway, below are some photos from the day. As you can see, you're never too old to be young.
Oh and as an aside, Tower Bridge finally got built by Amy over Christmas. Suitable for anyone aged 8 years old and over, it only took two and a half adults, just over a year, two degrees and a Phd, much swearing, a couple of re-builds and up till 1am by Amy for her to finally build it.
I was amazed and very pleased that it finally got finished! It was part of my 'recuperation set' from the cancer treatment just over a year ago but I didn't have the patience then! I still can't believe it's classed as suitable for those aged 8+. Look at how complicated it is?!
Maybe I'm just getting old ;-)
All photos belong to shewithacapitalV
