Saturday 10 November 2012

To soft play or not to soft play?

We tried a new soft play area near us this week. More expensive than the ones we usually visit as they don't do a half price day during term time like some of the others. £11 later we were finally in....after reading the many signs warning that only food and drink purchased on the premises were allowed to be eaten on site and kindly asking that customers witnessing others breaching these rules to inform the management immediately. Now that is fair enough and I understand that they want/ need to make money. However food etc was very expensive  for what it was and they had a limited menu. Nothing gluten/ dairy free or vegan. Not even a bowl of chips wish is usually a last resort for us as the usual sandwich selections are out of the question. The main reason we went is because they have a go ape type area for the older ones ....although the smaller ones soon got bored with everything else. You just can't please everyone it seems.

After some initial reluctance Munch managed to over come some of her fears and have a go....mostly because her friends were to be honest.

Now we are off for a family yard day at my grandparents....which could go either way as one or 2 of my family are very......forceful in their opinions of our choice to home ed and quite derogatory of my husband, who has decided to stay at home rather than risk telling anyone exactly where to go when they ask him if he has a job yet/ has pulled himself together. Wish me luck, I may be coming home early :-)

4 comments:

  1. it's going a bit far to exhort customers to rat out others imo! grrr!

    oh gosh, good luck with the day at your grandparent's. No idea why some people think they have any say whatsoever in other's parenting choices, but I guess some have the extreme view that Home Edding is harmful or something *sigh*

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  2. It actually wasn't that bad.....the main culprit was not there.

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  3. We have 3 soft plays in near distance and currently are enjoying memberships of two - I just get so fed up with the mud!!

    One allows you to take a picnic and the other two returning to your car to eat your lunch is an option but I agree it gets expensive otherwise.

    Winter!

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  4. Katie...we also had a membership to our local children's farm Kent Life which was our go to place ....had a few animals, olde worlde houses and village hall etc plus a soft play area......albeit a very dusty, dirty play area but unfortunately our membership ran out in August and we just have not had the money to replace it. Am seriously considering putting it on our christmas list....or maybe the historic dockyard at chatham which is also supposed to be quite good and will be a change from the farm.

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