William celebrated his 8th birthday yesterday, he wanted an mp3 player (a sign of having older sisters and brothers). We took them all swimming and decided that taking 11 children swimming is actually a form of abuse! :) They climbed on us, jumped on us, half drowned us, all in the name of FUN! We actually had a wonderful time and were so proud of their ability to swim considering their parents neglect in taking them swimming as much as we should. Caleb requested that he might take his swimming suit off and swim naked - free spirit there.
Saturday John and I walked to a local converted mill that sells everything and anything looking for a second hand bike for Jared. We found one that suited him perfectly which we have to surgically remove from him just to get him to school in the morning. Amongst the bric o brac and old furniture, there was a unicycle. We have been collecting circus toys for some time and now own a diablo (thanks to our friend Sylvan from Germany) ,Poi and the three stick thing (sorry don't know what that is called). So with a bit of bartering with the very nice old welsh man who has owned the converted mill since it was a working mill. He told us is cost him £2, 000. Anyway I digress, we left the shop with Jared's bike and a unicycle! John and I have already had some interesting experiences on it, using a narrow bridge with perfectly placed hand rails for support we have found out how difficult it is. Apparently it takes 10 hrs on the unicycle to conquer it. Ceilidh seems to be the closest so far. So anyone up for a challenge?
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We're looking forward to a whole evening of Cirque du Burton when we get back! So how much was the unicycle?
Its called a pogo-stick. ;) What is a diablo?
a diablo is a thing shaped like an hour glass that you throw around on a rope attached to two sticks, perhaps I should take a photo lol... it really isn't of the devil, I don't know where it got the name. Dave the unicycle was £45, not bad eh? Well I guess it is when you are as scint as we are :)
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