Saturday

We had made today's plan last night - so we knew we were having breakfast somewhere - which turned out to be at Sisters. If we had been thinking, we could have taken Pearl with us, rather than leaving her at Latimers. We were picking up Me and H from Mouse's so we could have left Pearl there for the day because Mouse wasn't planning to come with the rest of us to ... drumroll please ... MovieWorld!

M had taken H there earlier in the week and they had concentrated on the rides rather than the shows. Our aim was to be at the first stunt show (11.30) and then spend the rest of the day seeing what else this World had to offer. Well, we missed the first show by a couple of minutes so we went straight to the Batman ride - which is similar to DreamWorld's Big Drop - but which also yo-yos you up and down the tower. This is the first "ride" I have been on as long as I can remember ... actually I do remember, it was at DreamWorld nearly 10 years ago ... and a person ages a lot in 10 years! "I don't think I can do this" I told Me and M when H took things back to S to hold while we were on the ride ... better to say these things while the youngest member of the group is out of earshot - no point in disillusioning one so young! But I did go on and it was amazing ... how one's leg can turn so much to jelly and still be capable of holding you up.

But that wasn't the only ride of the day - certainly not for him. He did Lethal Weapon (by himself), Superman (by himself), Scooby-Do (first with Me and M and then with me) and ... there was another roller coaster in Kiddy Land (what were they thinking!?!). Of course, he went on the rides multiple times each - but I think he was disappointed (in retrospect) that he hadn't come to the 4D show - so they will go back to that another day - which will need to be soon because he and Me return to Turkey in 10 days or so.

After MovieWorld, it was back to Latimers for animal feeding and dropping S off - she decided to have a quiet night in rather than coming to The Big House with M, Me and I.

On the way to The Big House we called in at Mouse's to drop off little H, and to have dinner - a wonderful repast of soup and stuffed mushrooms and tomatoes. Absolutely yummy. We almost became too involved in watching Tim Burton's "Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory" - the first time I have seen it - and by the time we were ready to leave it was after 9.30pm.

CSP jackpot is still climbing and it remains difficult to get a seat at the tables. When we arrived there were only two tables working - and one of them had a "seat up" where you push your seat forward to "reserve" it while you wander off - and as I stood there the dealer asked if I wanted to play - and to take the chair ... "he's been gone too long" he said - and the $10 in chips that had been placed there by someone else to reserve the spot (should the original player not return) was moved to one side because he also had been "gone too long". He came back soon after I sat down - of course - and his chips, as set aside, were returned to him. If he had been really interested in staying and playing, another seat opened up at the table not long after, but he was nowhere to be seen.

We eventually made it home ... despite the smoke hanging around from a fire somewhere in the hinterland which has now been put out ... and the other good news is that we have a plan for tomorrow.