Vomit, Drowning and Mum of the Year Award
Tuesday, June 22nd, 2010I wish to express my thanks to the rapid thinking workers of Kingsbury waterpark in the West Midlands, for making the day free from disaster quite easily. We had a car full of excited children travelling fifty miles to reach here and go fishing. The moment we got there, we placed the deck chairs under the sun, fired the grill and placed our camp beside the fishing section of the park. We gave each kid with the parks fishing rods and made them sit together, happily fishing. I knew they would get bored after about 30 minutes of not catching a fish but 30 minutes was better than 0 minutes! My one eye was on the children and the other on the grill, when I heard a whistle blow three times. It was same as when in a school swimming class a practise of getting out of the pool drill is going on.I was shocked to notice that one of the children was missing from the stool by the embankment. I ran over to locate the parks staff pulling him out of the water. He had gotten over excited when he felt a bite, lost balance and fallen in the water. The bad part was that the kid did not know swimming, but the workers there grabbed him in seconds, his head did not even go inside the water. I was so relieved that he was alright, it could have been difficult explaining that to his mom!After everything was once more to normal, I thanked the waterpark employees and we tucked into the roast. The kids were milking the shock for all it was worth and seeing as it probably was my fault in the first place I succumb to their begs to go biking on some tandems that were accessible for rent. Not a good plan as it turns out! The very same child who was just, because of my mistake was about to get drowned, now began throwing sausages which he had just eaten on the barbecue as we had gone a bit far on the bicycle ride. Now I am certain I can’t ever win the guardian or mum of the year honor. The other children enjoyed the day and my son’s friend was also Okay, however it is unusual, we’ve not seen that child since then.