Yesterday, I took my children to the Brighton Show. An institution for as long as I can remember, when I was a kid I would beg to be taken, as it usually fell on the same weekend or close enough to my birthday.
I was a little worried about how they would cope with the heat, the noise and the crowds, but they both did really well.
Except for Isaac and the jumping castle.
Now, to be fair he hasn’t been on a jumping castle before and he wasn’t prepared for it to be so hard to walk around. Nor was I impressed that in the middle of the 2-6yo set jumping, there were two boys who looked to be twelve-ish, jumping around and bowling over the smaller children. It might even have been okay, if they both weren’t very large for their age and completely oblivious to the little ones.
It didn’t take long for Isaac to fall over and start to cry and refuse to walk back to the entrance where I was standing.
So I did what countless other mothers have done before me, I kicked off my shoes and braved the dodgy terrain to go and rescue Isaac. It was all going well until we got to the exit and my ankle dislocated and down we went in a tumble of limbs, sliding down the inflatable ramp.
Isaac thought it was hilarious, but of course, he wasn’t the one wearing a dress and flashing his knickers to the crowd of waiting parents and teenage hanger-ons.
Not my finest moment.
Not at all.
But you got to admit, it makes a good blog post!
After I picked myself up and dusted off, I was looking on the bright side. Hehe.
At least you had knickers on, hey?
And there is the upside, right there!
what Toni said is exactly what I was thinking.
Were they pretty knickers or I have my period and I hate the world grannie panties?
Stock standard plain cotten knickers, not pretty and fancy, but not terribly embarassing either. Thank god.
Note to self – buy Vee cute patterned cotton knickers for next adventure down slide. 😛
And an ankle brace methinks.
Welp. Sometimes a mama’s gotta do what a mama’s gotta do. I’d moon anyone for my kids. But only once.
Yup, only once. Next time, I swear I am going to wear bike shorts under my dress, just in case.
oh dear….
but at least there is the brightside that you had your knickers on ….
and the lil fella saw the funny side before you did!
hope you were helped up!!
and that you are ok now…
Yes, Isaac thought it was hilarious. We just sort of bounced up, so it wasn’t too bad. And my ankle is fine.
I’m amazed you have managed to maintain any dignity after two pregnancies, two births, countless medical intrusions/procedures and motherhood!!
Congratulations on maintaining that last thread – until now!
It’s overrated anyway, hey?!
🙂
I had the teensiest amount of dignity left that came with not having flashed the world my undies. *sigh*
It’s almost as funny as the time Isaac pulled down my top exposing my breasts in the supermarket.
I knew there was a reason I always wear leggings under my dresses! Mind you, I’m the mum standing on the sidelines yelling at all those big kids that they’d better watch it or else! The day my nephew body slammed one of his mates on the jumping castle is not a day he would like to remember!
I often have the same problem with older kids at play centres, and I have to wonder just what those kids are actually doing there. Surely you reach an age where some things just don’t hold the same appeal?
Normally I do too – this was the first time I’ve been out in public bare legged in YEARS.
I agree with Mum on the Run – dignity is overrated. Hope your ankle isn’t too sore though. And incase I forget before then, happy birthday for the weekend (it’s my birthday then too) 🙂
It’s totally overrated. My ankle is fine, that’s the weird thing about dodgy joints, they pop out and feel okay the next day. Bonus!
And happy birthday to you too!
Something very similar happened to me once but solely because I’m a clutz
Oh, tell me!
You might be writing about it in an “OMG, I can’t believe it” style but I betcha there’s people out there retelling others in the “OMG,I can’t believe how much fun that mum had sliding down the jumpy castle thing, wish I had the balls to do what she did!”.
I think it would have been cooler if we’d been sliding down the slide, instead it was just the exit. Totally boring.
You didn’t tell me this yesterday.
No, I forgot.
Have a feeling this story will be told for quite a while …
God help me.
At least there were pants 😉 BG Xx
Things like this are better when there are pants.
Oh dear. I’m glad you had knickers on.
What a crack up – I came down a huge water slide once – legs apart – top fully down past my boobs – screaming my head of – apparently when the ride person tells you to keep your legs crossed he means it. I broke the speed record for the day. Tumbled head over butt all the way to the end of tiny pool awaiting at the end. LOL
Happy birthday for the weekend.
There should be a height limit for bouncy castles.
Gald you weren’t seriously injured, even your pride came off relatively intact.
Aside from it being your body and the breakage involved, I’m sure you’re not the only one to do that
Ohhh dear… at least that’s all that happened, eh? >_<
Oh hilarious and OUCH!!!
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