It was great to see them again and the town we met up in was really nice - I liked it!
It was a shame that Christina, John, Joanne and Tony couldn't make it this time as we've always had such a blast with the whole gang there.
The lil man was pretty well-behaved all the time we were sat at the table though he was trying his darndest to dig into whatever Stu was having - maybe his food looked better than mine?!
Lil Gaby didn't think too much of me - whenever I held her she wanted to go back to her mummy! Maybe I exude too much 'I only have boys' gene or something as she was good as gold for Marls.
Still, it was great to finally meet lil Miss Gidget! *L* I hope that Gareth's got himself a big ole stick to beat the boys off with when she gets older!!
Once we were all done there it was off to find our hotel for the night. That was pretty straightforward - it wasn't too far away but we overshot it the first time and, this being NJ, we couldn't make a left turn anywhere to correct our mistake so we had to bugger about locating traffic lights that would make our manouevres possible.
Thankfully that didn't take us too long.
On the downside, we ended up on a floor with a group of females who took delight in regaling each other with tales and cackling like a bunch of witches or pacing along the hallway with the speaker cranked up on a mobile, gassing away! It drove us to complain to the front desk several times which quietened them down temporarily but, according to the Hubster, they were at it again around 2am - no wonder the poor bloke was tired and in a foul mood Sunday morning!
Our trip back home was pretty uneventful. We stopped off at Gunpowder Falls on the way back so Hubs could go take some pics, (the lil guy enjoyed being able to stretch his legs too)!
Me 'n' the lil man wandered off and, in his usual sociable way, he managed to make friends with a 2y/o girl who shared her cookies with him, (very sweet)!
Then he was off and away and wanting to play on the slides there.
Another lil girl, she looked about 4, latched onto us at the slides and whichever slide he sat down at, she was there, wanting to go down too.
Her family weren't very involved in keeping her, or her little brother, entertained - the only interaction her dad had on the slides was putting on some kind of show, proving how strong he was by holding onto the stair rails and lifting himself up and down. I, for one, was not overly impressed!
Labels: friends, Gunpowder Falls, hotel, irritating, lil guy, NJ, NY, parents
