Family Meal

 Saturday 27^th May!

 

We were up early for once. Though the meal wasn’t until 1pm, mum wanted to show her parents where she worked and, our new house. We therefore left home around 9am and headed to Etwall. When we arrived, uncle was already asleep however, a sharp elbow from grandad woke him up. After this we drove to our new house. Dad let us all out of the car and then went to park it.

 

I hadn’t seen the house before and it looked good. The garden seemed the right size for a huge trampoline. Once we had finished looking around the outside of the house, we all proceeded to the park where we met dad. I love this park! There are three slides I love to play on; the only issue is, choosing which slide to go on first is always difficult.

 

The weather was really hot and I hate wearing hats. We therefore didn’t spend as long as I would have liked in the park however, I did enjoy myself. Back in the car we headed to the Coopers arms where we were going to meet my UK grandparents, great grandparents, uncles and aunts, and great uncles and aunts.

 

We arrived at the Coopers arms a little early. As the weather was amazing, we sat outside and awaiting the whole family. My Japanese grandma had got presents for one-and-all ready. It was funny watching a British member of my family try to introduce themselves to a Japanese member of my family. A lot of slow talking and acting did not help.

 

With so many people, we had been given our own room. Today my grandparents would experience a carvery and, I don’t think they were prepared for the sheer amount of food you got … especially my grandad. Still, they seemed to enjoy their meat, Yorkshire pudding, potatoes and vegetables. Everyone went quiet while consuming.

 

Everyone felt fat once they had finished eating … a part from me as I hadn’t eaten a lot. Once again, we headed outside onto the parkland where we met uncle Edward and dad, who had arrived late and decided to eat outside. The grass, along with the pond gave the family an excellent background for photos. I was very interested in the pond therefore I ran over to it quite a few times … but always stopped in my tracks by a family member.

 

Uncle Chris opened his house to all to come back for a drink and a chat. It sounded fun, but my Japanese family were very tired and, we did have to get up early tomorrow. My dad therefore declined and we headed home.

 

In the evening not much was done and certainly no food was eaten. Tomorrow would be a strange day. Mum and I would travel by train whereas dad would take the family by car to a place called Luton. We would then give the car back – I quite like the car – and travel by train to London, our final destination.

 

Toodle Pip!