Lovely weekend in Glasgow

There was nothing so special about this weekend; Curtis and I (Steph) just did what we usually do when Gareth is working; busying ourselves with trips out, catching up with friends and playing silly games around the house. This weekend was a bit more chilled than usual however as Curtis has had a fever for a couple of days, (possibly just an extreme reaction to teething) tho' he is ok now.

Saturday we had to miss our early morning music class and post class brunch and runaround at the Tramway as Curtis had slept in and was a bit under the weather, so instead we took out time to get up and watched one of C's favourite Baby Einstein DVD's 'Old MacDonald'. At lunchtime Jamie and Milli came to visit followed by Dan, then in the afternoon I took Curtis out on his trike to do the recycling and to visit the local shops before spending some time playing nin the front gardenh and catchign up with neighbours as gthey passed by.

On Sunday we went for an early lunch at The Tramway and even managed to sit outside as it was just about warm enough. There we met some lovely little ones who were also out to play in the Hidden Gardens, noteably Jack who aged only 3 seemed to have the warmth and maturity of a far older child; when Curtis cried as I'd removed a dirty napkin he'd found on the floor from his hands, Jack came running over and gave Curtis a wee car and said 'it's okay you can have this...come and play with me'. How sweet! Once Curtis was fed and suitably tired we drove into town and I transfered sleeping boy from car to pushchair and went off to Borders - ah bliss. Once Curtis awoke we went out to Buchanan Street to watch the street entertainers; first was 5 piece Scottish drumming and piping band Clanadonia, who were as their website proclaims 'keeping it Tribal'. I videoed a wee bit but as I dont know hwo to upload (and that my mum would love to see a clip) here is a clip of them from youtube.

Next stop was watching some younger, less sweaty looking pipers further along Buchanan Street (video coming soon), popping up to the Merchant City to check out the art stalls and then off to Princes Square (Glasgows indoor'designer' shopping mall) which has a large mosiac centred ground floor which is used by any under 5's in the area to dart about and play in whilst their parents sit about on the surrounding steps or the coffee shops resting their legs. It's such a friendly place and again all the kids were very friendly, older kids watching not to run into the little ones and several kids politely returning Curtis's toy ambulance whenever it was borrowed for a quick 'broom' broom' on the flooor or wheh Curtis had left it lying about. The whole weekend represents whats so lovely about this city, it's full of things to do and friendlt people.

Photos and videos coming as soon as I work out how to download them from my phone.