KIDS DAY. Every time we visit a tourist office the kids pick up cards of things they like to do. We checked out all the ones they had collected in Provence and there was only one that was a reasonable distance, and even that was 1.5 hour drive! The kids however had decided that's what they wanted so we were off over the Luberon hills to a play park. They were so excited when we arrived.
There were big colourful statues everywhere, pedal go karts, animals, obstacle courses, flying foxes, water games, a train, in other words it was kid heaven. Heather went into overdrive not being able to decide what to do first, almost as if we were going to go home in the next five minutes. The funniest thing about the park was that it was full of old fashioned mechanical puppets dancing and telling stories. These were inside bright coloured themed houses that you had to push buttons to get everything working.
By the time we had been there 2 hours we had completed 2/3 of the park and the kids were bright red from the heat so we forced them to stop and refuel with a picnic. We happened to stop beside some large flowers that, when you press a button, sprayed out a fine mist of water. Needless to say both kids ate lunch dripping wet from pressing the button numerous times. Refuelled and ready for more we finished the rest of the park, did the kids' favourite things a second time, then dragged them out of the park for the drive home.
Callum lasted about 15 minutes before he was fast asleep, and Heather was out for the count soon afterwards. They had a ball and to top off the kids' day we had an ice-cream when we arrived home in the shade by the fountain in the square outside our holiday home. It was fabulous seeing the kids so happy and having so much fun.
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