The toy story

The Playmobil collection grew and grew.

With Christmas over and school due to reopen, Mud and I turned our thoughts to how on earth we were going to fit train tracks and Lego buildings into the Mudlet bedrooms. With some sadness we decided the only way to fit everything in was to pack away and move into the attic, most of the Playmobil.

A ski lift, some ponies and an Eddie the Eagle mini figure

With the a huge push to finish Ciggys body work in full flow and the need to utilise every available dry warm day to strip and paint the remaining ‘weather sensitive’ sections, we haven’t been able to take the Mudlets anywhere so far this summer and this sits heavy with Mud. He likes to try and take them to interesting places, to pack a picnic and let them spend their pocket money savings in a gift shop somewhere. Creating the sort of memories that last a lifetime and so it should have come as no surprise to me, when he and Little Mudlet returned from a parts run to A&P, calling in at Toys R Us on the way past.

My lounge – Playmobil world

We are only half way through day two of half term and the lounge looks a lot like the Playmobil website.

To my right, under the window, is Little Mudlets’ riding stables with jumps, horse box and 4×4 and a respectable herd of horses, ponies, a goat and a donkey.