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Sunday, July 10, 2011

Having proved herself as the Bouncing Queen last weekend, it seemed only right that I should provide Amelie with a home fit for royalty. So I bought her this on Tuesday...

Princess PalaceIt's not so much a bouncy castle as a flimsy palace, but it'll do for my little Princess. It's actually a 'Press Out and Play Princess Palace', and it was left in the office at work by the Prince Charming of the local book scene, who dumped a few samples on us, in the hope of finding a Cinderella figure who'd happily foot the bill for some cut-price publications.

Fortunately he landed on his glass-slippered feet where I'm concerned. I'm such an impulse buyer, it's a miracle I'm not regularly given flowers by a man I've never met before. Within five minutes of laying eyes on the world of pink cardboard above, I was slapping down a fiver and ordering a copy.

After which it occurred to me that Amelie might like it too.

So despite picking it up on Tuesday, I decided to save it for the fifth rainy day of the week, and make the thing on Saturday. Lisa was out last night, living the dry life with some AA members, so when she walked out of the door at 5pm, Amelie and I settled down at the living room table to knock up a cardboard castle...


Now, I admit that I've never been what you'd call a DIY expert, but frankly even Handy Andy would have struggled with this one. I've had less trouble putting together an MFI flat-pack. It was such a fiddle, you'd think I'd claimed the thing on expenses. After forty-five minutes of constructive hard work, we basically had this...

The Two Towers
Two towers that make Pisa look upright. And they're not even finished. This was meant to be a rainy day project. At this rate we're going to need a monsoon.

2 comments:

Phil's Mum said...

It was just as well you speeded up the film!  We look forward to the 2nd instalment - and the 3rd - and the 4th............etc, etc.

Dave said...

Are you sending her on a tour of Canada next?