forbsay Report post Posted August 1, 2007 At the moment, my son's favourite place is Morrison's car wash! He also loves going to golf shops. Forbsay Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted August 1, 2007 The cemetary We are going tomorrow, and youngest dd is very excited Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Alyth_mum Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Soft play areas - ES is peeved that he now to old (14+ and 5'10" approx) Castles and more Castles LoL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Bit sad really but Connor like going .........home ! Clare x x x Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
smallworld Report post Posted August 1, 2007 Ooooh, Another carwash fan <'> My 7 yr old son is into carwashes in a big way, even when we go away on holiday we have to film new carwashes that he can watch on the pc when we get back home. He probably knows the location of every carwash in the Algarve Once, on a boiling hot day on holiday we we sat around outside this carwash just waiting for someone to come along and wash their ****** car, I for one was starting to feel very silly, but needs must We're not impressed with the new black brushes installed at our local Morrisson's carwash, the stripey blue and white ones were far better to watch, apparently have you tried filming the carwash from inside your car as you go through, I thoroughly recommend this, just remember to keep quiet. All you can hear on our film is me shrieking " Look **** SIDE BRUSHES !" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
oxgirl Report post Posted August 2, 2007 The pond in our back garden to watch his fish. The local garden centre where they have a Water World section and lots and lots of pretty fishes!! ~ Mel ~ Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 2, 2007 In the past.... car wash MFI to play with the white goods Estate Agents (took care of one summer holidays) cheap to entertain arent they? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bard Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Mine is Wilderness Boy; forests, lakes, mountains, caves, rivers, the Downs, the seaside. And old places, castles, abbeys, cathedrals... With no other children, but lots of informed adults who like answering questions. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
brooke Report post Posted August 2, 2007 my son likes cinema, bowling, park, swimming, seaside and softplay!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
stressedmumto2 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Fishing shop this one drives me mad cos he would spend hrs in their if I let him beach Used to like car washes when about 4 but has out-grown it now Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Pippin Report post Posted August 2, 2007 At the moment it's home.......with a screwfix direct catalogue for company!!! Having trouble dragging him out anywhere. This afternoon we're all going to the local scrap store for a mooch around. Usually come back with loads of lovely rubbish for "inventing" with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jlp Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Years ago it was the lighting isles of DIY shops - and if they had those electric ceiling fan types, well that was just fantastic! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mumble Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Years ago it was the lighting isles of DIY shops - and if they had those electric ceiling fan types, well that was just fantastic! Ooh, my brother (ASD) used to love lighting stores, lighting departments and the like - particularly if they were changing the display and had taken the shades off!!! :wacko: For me, anywhere quiet and without people. Up a mountain would be good. Possibly by a mountain lake. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jb1964 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Sadly for my daughter it's her bedroom........ She doesn't like going anywhere at all and has never had a favourite place (especially anywhere that involves walking, loud noises or lots of people - shops are her worst nightmare) - but if we were to persuade her!!!! to go out somewhere - it would be a museum or castle that has a museum or the library where it's quiet (and preferably not a lot of people!). Take care, Jb Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Mine is Wilderness Boy; forests, lakes, mountains, caves, rivers, the Downs, the seaside. And old places, castles, abbeys, cathedrals... With no other children, but lots of informed adults who like answering questions. *nods* JP is very similar these days. A pleasure to spend time with. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forbsay Report post Posted August 2, 2007 My son has also got a "thing" for churches, church bells and church broken windows.............. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Youngest dd really enjoyed the cemetary today. She said Grandad looked like a Van Gogh....we'd bought my dad some sunflowers for his birthday next week. She asked if he had to stay buried and when we left she kept asking if he liked his sunflowers Lots of biting of lip and swallowing huge lumps from me. I honestly think she'd spend hours there is she could. She is obsessed with church clocks too, and roman numerals. She has to take her ear defenders incase a church clock should "bong", she can't bear the noise, bless her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forbsay Report post Posted August 2, 2007 She sounds like a little darling! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kazzen161 Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Used to be the pond section of the garden centre, and the electrics section of Woolworths. He now likes the screwfix catalogue too. His favourite place now is Maplins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 2, 2007 Youngest dd really enjoyed the cemetary today. She said Grandad looked like a Van Gogh....we'd bought my dad some sunflowers for his birthday next week. She asked if he had to stay buried and when we left she kept asking if he liked his sunflowers Lots of biting of lip and swallowing huge lumps from me. I honestly think she'd spend hours there is she could. She is obsessed with church clocks too, and roman numerals. She has to take her ear defenders incase a church clock should "bong", she can't bear the noise, bless her. <'> Baggy <'> I've always liked graveyards too. All my relatives come from Cheshire as my mum & dad moved to Lancashire when I was in utero, so when we went back to visit each summer we'd visit all the live ones first, then go see the dead ones! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Box-Of-Frogs Report post Posted August 2, 2007 My DS is very much into our local hobby store. Hornby Trains by the ton! Strangly enough he points out every car wash from home to where ever we may be going but don't even think about going into one! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Bagpuss Report post Posted August 2, 2007 (edited) <'> Baggy <'> I've always liked graveyards too. All my relatives come from Cheshire as my mum & dad moved to Lancashire when I was in utero, so when we went back to visit each summer we'd visit all the live ones first, then go see the dead ones! You know Pearl, I remember as a kid, when I used to go and stay with my nana and grandad, being taken to the local church, to sit in the graveyard, drinking some pop, chatting about all the different peeps buried around us. I can't drink Dandelion and Burdock now without thinking about it. My nana would take tea in a flask, plonk herself on a bench, and natter away If she were alive today she'd of loved taking youngest dd......they'd of spent many hours on that bench, watching the world go by, happy as pigs in muck Sorry Forbsay, taken thread totally off track Edited August 2, 2007 by Bagpuss Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forbsay Report post Posted August 3, 2007 No worries at all Bagpuss! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
V1971 Report post Posted August 3, 2007 My son loves our local Sainsburys. He asks to go there at least twice a day. Not good for my purse!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 3, 2007 You know Pearl, I remember as a kid, when I used to go and stay with my nana and grandad, being taken to the local church, to sit in the graveyard, drinking some pop, chatting about all the different peeps buried around us. I can't drink Dandelion and Burdock now without thinking about it. My nana would take tea in a flask, plonk herself on a bench, and natter away If she were alive today she'd of loved taking youngest dd......they'd of spent many hours on that bench, watching the world go by, happy as pigs in muck Sorry Forbsay, taken thread totally off track Hehe, back in the day..... we knew how to enjoy ourselves didn't we! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
forbsay Report post Posted August 3, 2007 My son likes Sainsburys as well........... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
KateBall Report post Posted August 3, 2007 Smallworld - you made me laugh so much. My ds likes to go to the recycling/dump. Talking of cemeteries - my mum told me about the time she was on a crowded train to London and going slowly past Brookwood cemetery near Woking, my sister, then about 5 or 6 looked at all the flowers across the cemetery and said "ooh mummy doesn't that look nice - wouldn't you like to be there" Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
lynda4 Report post Posted August 3, 2007 My ds2 used to love museums, especially the hands-on type like Eureka in Halifax where they have a transparent flushing toilet! He would end ages watching that He was quite obsessed with our own toilet and often put his toys down and blocked it, just so he could watch them being flushed away. He was also Thomas Tank Engine mad, so a visit to a railway and ride on a train was a much loved outing. Also, watching fish, so somewhere like the Sealife Centre was good but as we were always hard up when he was small, it was more likely to be our local aquarium shop, garden centre or pet shop for a freebie viewing Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
wilson Report post Posted August 4, 2007 Hello. My son likes to watch the burner bin in the back yard. Given the chance, he likes to make his own. He also loves chimneys. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Cariad Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Sofa shops so he can sit on every sofa, Dr Who exhibition, the beach to see the amusements and Argos to see what Dr Who figures he can try and get out of me Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Clare63 Report post Posted August 6, 2007 You know Pearl, I remember as a kid, when I used to go and stay with my nana and grandad, being taken to the local church, to sit in the graveyard, drinking some pop, chatting about all the different peeps buried around us. I can't drink Dandelion and Burdock now without thinking about it. My nana would take tea in a flask, plonk herself on a bench, and natter away If she were alive today she'd of loved taking youngest dd......they'd of spent many hours on that bench, watching the world go by, happy as pigs in muck Sorry Forbsay, taken thread totally off track Reading this has just reminded me of a grave yard Connor liked to visit when we went on a certain dog walk, only because he thought it was so funny that two grave stones side to side went by the names of Willy and Fanny !!!!! I always wonder if in life these two planned their burials to be side by side !!!! Clare x x x Whoops thread totally off track now !!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pearl Report post Posted August 6, 2007 Reading this has just reminded me of a grave yard Connor liked to visit when we went on a certain dog walk, only because he thought it was so funny that two grave stones side to side went by the names of Willy and Fanny !!!!! I always wonder if in life these two planned their burials to be side by side !!!! Clare x x x Whoops thread totally off track now !!!! Oh that really made me laugh!!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
LizK Report post Posted August 8, 2007 Currently anywhere that has revolving or automatic doors He also likes the park, playgrounds and going bowling Lx Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
JsMum Report post Posted August 8, 2007 Js favourate place at the moment seems to be the cinema, he always sits right near the exit doors as he vacates that many times for the loo, drinks, or just a dash of the hall and comes back, he has loved simpsons, wont stop repeating phrases that homa said, he found the bit where bart was naked on his skate board so funny, I had to laugh when homa lied it was a dare to the police because the alternatives where a days parenting course. J also likes parks but not your boring three piece sets, (swing,slide,sea saw) kind, he likes the ones that have wavey futuristic climbing frames, zip lines, rope bridges, obsticales, and huge high slides. J likes swimming and defo the outdoors meaning your lovely lake district, mountains, forest walks, woodlands. One place he hates his shopping malls, and supermarkets, but he tolerates sainsburys now that most of the security gaurds are on first names terms and they came to me saying they know he needs extra supervision? but most of the sainsburys staff are really great with J and they all defo know him. JsMum Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
