Had another terrific weekend with pickle, it started at meadow hall with a spot of shopping at the Disney store i had been promising pickle a belle dress from beauty and the beast for quite a while so when she spotted one in the store the look on her face said it all, then we went to an amusement park unfortunately the rides weren't open but we still had fun looking at the animals and in the indoor play area then we saw that the merry go round was working so we got on it we pretended to race pickle said her horse was fastest, i took pickle back to the farm where i used to live so she could see sugar her white pony, pickle was so happy to see sugar she told me how much she loves and misses her pony, i hope one day ill be in a position to have sugar with me all the time so pickle can see and ride when ever she wants, then we went to Alton towers pickle was so excited to be going back but just like the other amusement park the rides were closed fortunately the hotel had a terrific swimmimg pool with slides and waterfalls hot tubs and wave machine also the hotel had a pirate theme weekend with party's face painting and dressing up 3 of pickles favourite things, when we got to our room pickle shrieked with delight wen she saw the bunk bed and asked if she could sleep on the top one as she climbed the ladder, of course i said, thank you daddy pickle said, after we unpacked i asked pickle if she wanted to go swimming she asked if i had brought a costume for her and i pulled out a bag with a new costume yay pickle said that's just what i wanted nickers and bra, her way of saying bikini :) so we headed down to the pool in the lift there was pirate music playing so pickle held my hands and we danced until the doors opened, we got changed and pickle put her arm bands on and we headed into the pool i started as i usually do staying close and trying to protect her from splashes wiping her face if she gets water in it, but pickle said, "i can do it on my own self" and i realised it was time to give her space my little pickle is getting more independent lol, it was so good to see and i felt so proud of my angel, we stayed in the pool for hours and when it was time to get out pickle wanted to stay so a little bribery was used, i had seen staff doing face painting for the kids so i asked pickle if she wanted to get her face painted she said yes and got straight out of the pool, we danced in the lift again both laughing as we jumped around we got a few funny looks as the doors opened as we where still dancing lol, pickle chose to get her face painted like a pirate it looked great and she loved it, we went for a walk round the hotel and spotted a shop selling kids pirate costumes so i got pickle one, after we had our tea we went back to our room to get ready for the pirate party pickle put on her costume and we headed in the direction of the music there was loads of kids dressed as pirates and some of the staff were to they were all dancing and jumping around so pickle and i joined in, it wasn't long till i saw pickle rubbing her eyes she was getting tired i asked if she wanted to go to the room but she said not yet, pickle had spotted a Lego pt and she wanted to build a castle, when we went back up to our room pickle was exhausted but still did a dance with me in the lift :) she climbed into bed and was asleep in no time, we spent most of the next day in the pool before heading back to Sheffield we stopped at mc Ds on the way and pickle told me she had a great time and loved me vely vely much, i told her we only had to wait a week and a half till i saw her again and we would have 4 days together as its half term her eyes widened and she gave me a big smile and a hug....
