Bank Holiday Weekend!

This Monday was a holiday in jolly old england... so with the masses we flocked to warwick castle. Well, that was the plan anyway! We got an early start (rare for this lot). Waited over an hour for the bus before realizing (asking someone) that we were on the wrong side of the street to take the bus to the castle! We were wondering why the bus we were waiting for just kept driving past us! Yes we are aware that the cars drive on the opposite side of the street! So, gorgeous day, girls are happy, mommy and daddy are too. The bus ride to the castle totally uneventful until we look up and see the most ominous of black clouds. Everyone gets off the bus, cue HORRID rainstorm! Fortunately we are prepared and had the girls in their stroller bubble faster than you can say asphyxiation! So, we did the most logical thing in the world, strolled the girls into a pub for lunch! After lunch we pop back outside and voila, rain gone, black clouds, gone! Hurray! So, we head out down through Warwick to the castle! The whole fam damily climbed over 503 steps to get to the top of the castle. It was gorgeous. I was a little scared as the only light comes in through the arrow slits and let me tell you those stairs are TINY! Michael was carrying Maeve and I had Madigan strapped to my back! All that came to my mind was the steps to the pyramids at Chitchen Itza, our tour guide informed us taht once an older lady fell and took out a whole pack with her... I so didn't want to be that woman! So, we made it back down the 503+ stairs mostly unharmed! The castle was great, there is lots of things to do that doesn't involve climbing thousands of miniscule steps in the mostly pitch black! There was jousting (we missed it), archery (saw it last time), hawkery (i'm sure I didn't spell that right). Lots to eat and to see.. there is even a spooky haunted castle tour... OooOoooooo! All is well here, Madigan keeps fooling us about her non walking. We've come to the conclusion that she can walk, she just chooses not to! Rumour has it I did the same thing when I was a baby! Maeve is busy drawing pictures for Makenna and her new baby Saige.