Birthday Bonanza!!! Time to XScape!!

It was David's birthday on Saturday so we had an exciting birthday weekend!! Saturday saw us heading to XScape in Glasgow (XScape). It is an indoor activity centre but we are talking all manner of activities!! From an aerial assault course, high up in the roof above the heads of the crowds, to the largest indoor mini golf course in the world!! We headed to the resturant area where, after the cry of

"RIBS"

went up from the only person I know who bases he meal choices on how much mess he can make, we settled on a Mexican resturant called Chiquito. Even though it was packed out it was only a 20 minute wait so we settled ourselves in the little bar area, with one of those crazy vibrating things.... the ones that tell you when your table is ready!!

We pigged out, Majorly!! Three courses. We had a really nice waitress who overheard that it was David's birthday so stuck a candle in his dessert!!

We then headed to the mini golf, which was a good laugh, and seemed to be a popular choice for people. We were going to go bowling but it was now 10.30 and there was a two hour waiting time for a lane so we changed our minds!! Heading to the arcade we went for a go on the dodgems, alright two gos!! But we were the only ones on there, crazyness ensues...

There was also the choice of the cinema, dry ski slope, climbing wall, Robocoaster (a programmable roller-coaster) and many shops!!

Sunday saw my parents coming down for a barbeque, yep that's right, in September!! It was cold but a lot of fun!! Then inside for a birthday cake I had made (see my next post for that little gem *cough*) and then a challenge of poker for us!! Indeed a fun old weekend for us.

Plus the arrival of the PSP that he bought for himself as a birthday present! Which I have made more use of!!! LOL

Calmest In The Face Of Danger Award Goes To....

Hi,
Off to a friend's house for dinner last night! She's got herself a wee flat in Edinburgh so we all invaded to have a nose about. The living room was huge and took up, no joke, half the flat. The other half was a kitchen, bathroom and bedroom. It was a pretty good night from a food preparation point of view, the other three were making all the food, a course each, and us two just turned up, waited, ate and then left again!!

The food was great and also became the best entertainment for the evening! After much cajoling about the cooking skills of others, our dessert maker got his comeuppance! In the form of fire! But to his credit he took it all calmly, the presence of smoke billowing from the kitchen, the eyes stinging and the coughing of his fellow diners he still remained seated until he had finished what he had to say. Then sauntering casually into the kitchen, swooshing away the smoke in his path, he opens the oven to a cloud of grey, and with a voice full of utter surprise says:
'Oh'