Having a Ball at local soft play centre

As many readers will know I’m not one for splashing the cash these days and have therefore managed to put off the day when I took my kiddies to the local soft play centre ‘Having a Ball’in Malvern for the 7 months since we relocated here from London. This was partly my daughter’s doing as she has taken the same 7 months to finally reach the last square on a 30 piece sticker chart (one sticker for each night that she managed to stay in her own bed instead of waking me up,sneaking into mine and requiring eviction during the wee hours –no fun in freezing winter,do the math I’ve had 30 good nights’sleep in approx 200 days no wonder I look so ropey!). She was always promised (cajoled,begged,pleaded too) that the day she reached the final square would be the day we would visit the soft play place…

On the way to the centre the kids were telling me that they hoped it would be as good as the soft play centre in Leytonstone we used to go to as it had ball ponds,a slide and a bouncy bit. WELL little did we know that Having A Ball in Malvern was about 300 times the size in every dimension and that grown ups are allowed in and that they had a vast sea of tables and chairs for parents to sit at if they needed a break from sweaty soft play. A cafe,huge clean toilets with kiddie loos and kiddie wash basins. I was in heaven and have realised that it is actually very reasonabley priced as for £5 for both children I didn’t see them for about 2 hours apart from them waving from the dizzy heights of the warehouse ceiling and could take my trusty laptop next time and get a great chunk of work done.

They came out rosy cheeked,well exercised and delerious with joy especially as one of their classmates had turned up unexpectedly. We all loved it and can now see why friends of mine take their small twins each week for some kids play safely while parent read papers.