The Rising’s Growing Together Podcast - Nostalgia, Football & Weekly Family Chaos: A Wholesome Catch-Up Growing Together Podcast Ep. 15

Episode Date: May 12, 2025

Game shows, Weekly family chaos, and VE Day reflections Episode 15 dives deep into nostalgia and parenting moments that really hit home. In this heartwarming episode of Growing Together Podcast, Billie and Charlotte take a trip down memory lane, reminiscing about childhood TV game shows, family adventures, and a recent football match that brought laughs and life lessons. They reflect on VE Day, generational shifts, and the value of community. From health checkups and parenting hurdles to drama club creativity and summer stress, this episode captures the beautiful chaos of everyday family life with plenty of laughs, insights, and reminders that we’re all figuring it out as we go. 👇 Drop a comment with your fave childhood game show or your latest parenting win we love hearing from you! #growingtogetherpodcast #parentinglife #nostalgiafeels #familymoments #VEdayReflections #DramaClub #summerprep

Welcome back. Nice to see you again. Nice to see you. Nice. What's that from? It's like card. It's like you card. It's a guy, isn't it?

What's that drag guy's name? Is it? Paul O'Grady. Yeah. Is it? I thought it was like to play your cards right back in the day. Yeah, but isn't it on one of the shows that he used to host? Oh, maybe then, maybe.

So yeah, it is. He used to play the card game, did he not? Yeah. Higher or lower. I were loving. But then years and years and years ago, it was like another man. Nice to see her to see you nice. Nice to see you, to see you nice.

Why am I doing it in that? It's quite a max then. I'm surely not making it. It sounds a bit mank then. Anyway, hi, welcome back. Blast from the past. I've got game shows. Oh, I used to love some of the stuff on them.

Like, I don't watch TV shows, like TV channels anymore. I always just watch like movies or series, but, yeah, like catchphrase. Well, we watch that. What's the one you watch? We watch catchphrase, lingo. Catchphrase is still on? Catchphrase is still on. Yeah, yeah.

Well, it's obviously different hosts and what. Yeah, yeah, yeah. They still do it. So, yeah, my lot love catchphrase. Lingo is the one where you've got the letters. Yeah. What else do we do? That 1% thing you said.

The 1% club, yeah. Actually, I do watch a bit of telly now. I was going to say. So I don't watch TV, but you just watch all the old shows. I'm a whizmaster. And what else? What was like... Oh, this is not a game one actually.

This is that around the world or race... You mentioned that. Race around the world. It's only because it was on last night and I am proper into it actually. And it's good because there's no adverts. Because as soon as an advert, I'll just walk off and... Yeah. That's it, then I'll find something to do in the house.

Maybe it doesn't go off. I'm literally like, yeah, I'm really enjoying that one actually. What's that? Oh, the other one that used to be really good on TV. Crystal Mays. That was my fate. I used to always want to go on that. I used to, so.

They do that now. There is a place you can go to do those kind of things. Well, so I would love something like that because in when I... For your handy, it would have been... Well, when I was a kid, you know, like kids on your coldiesack, my next door neighbor but one, the two boys there, we used to literally make Crystal Mays games and, like, you know, challenges and then I think the crystals were marbles, you know, like whatever.

And honestly, it was the best. I forgot about that one. And that's not even the one I was going to say. I've always like, you know, I really want to go on that show. What was the other one I was thinking of? The one was still a black. Blind date.

Blind date. That was a good one. Is that from her then? No, that's not from her. Nice to see you, to see you. It's her kind of accent. It is, isn't it? We'll have to come back, John.

Childhood. I have to ask all our parents what that one was. There was a good one on last night. I don't know what it was called. Don't ask what it. Because I didn't actually watch it. I was just walking through and see. part of it was they were putting cards on their head

and then they had to kind of, I don't know actually what the game was, but they would say, I'm going to put like so many tokens in and then fold. I'll have to find the name of it because I have seen it advertised. But it is something along the lines of a mixture of like Crystal Mays. And there was another one that fought Royal

or for something else, which was similar to Crystal Mays, but it wasn't as good. It wasn't as good. Do you know what came up as like an old video as I was scrolling the other day talking about shows? Stars in their eyes.

Oh, you know. Tonight, Matthew, I'm going to be. Oh, that was a good show. And they did a kid's version as well, isn't they? Yeah, they were, yeah, it was that family TV time. Yeah. Yeah, because those shows were great for everyone. And we didn't have anything else to go on and, like, the phone or a bit.

Do you know what I mean? No, and there wasn't like... Well, not when we was really young. There wasn't, like, kids' channels. Then they eventually become channels where you could watch kids' stuff more often. But it was literally like 6 o'clock Simpsons or like a little bit of CITV for a couple of hours. And that was it. Like, you only had that time.

They were more like the Saturday shows. Yeah. Oh, the Saturday show. What was the one Vant and Deck? Well, I do know Saturday Night Takeaway. I know. I'm thinking about when we was kids. SMTV live.

That was the day one. That was in the morning. Yeah, Saturday morning. mornings, wasn't it? Hey, yeah, wait a minute, Mr. Pump's. Yeah, and was it, wonky donkey. Wonky donkey. Yeah, that was, it's life, wasn't it, in the morning? Oh, God, that was.

It's funny, isn't it? How it feels like that go? It's the only time you would get to see, like, the singers and the bands and stuff. But then again, I used to have that little time when you come home from school and you had the, I used to watch things like, I don't know if anyone else knew what this is, but like Bernard's Watch. Yes. Did you watch Brenner's Watch? Yes. And what was the one with the 50P?

The woman, the girl, Queen's nose. Yeah, the Queen's nose. And then there was one with, it was like a board. And it kind of came out and he went into the board and you had like the hand. And then you had the girl with the, with the pink tails. Like zap. It was zap. Was that what it's called?

Yes, it was. That was one of my fun. That was a good one. And the, not the worst witch. Oh, well, yeah. Was it the worst witch? But it's feel strange because Lexi's on the worst witch now. Oh, is she?

So it's not obviously the same. And the girl is an actress in Holyoke. So it's well weird. Yeah. So it is, it is, they are still kind of sort of. And one that I used to love, my parents are aliens. Yes, that was good. That was good.

I could still watch them now, you know. I can actually go home now and put my parents. I wonder if, like, you can find it on YouTube or something. It'd be good to show, like. Because I know we used to have like, Sabrina and the Teenage Rich and Kina and Kel and Yeah. Oh, yeah. Like the Nickelodeon.

Yeah, but, but away from that. That was American though. True, exactly. So away from that, all them like programs, then were younger, actually, you know. Proper CITV shows, yeah. Yeah, there's got to be, there's loads more. There's loads more that I used to really, you know,

get into, whereas kids don't come home now and go, oh, I'll put this on because I want to watch it. I think because you can watch whatever you want, whenever you want there's no real thing whereas like I say we had our time slot and an advert

we had to sit through an advert or whatever you know like now and then fight with like your siblings to make sure they didn't turn over the channel like quick go make

a cup of tea in the break see if you can race back in three minutes oh god that's really give me back by being at home my mom and dad and my brother

and have you know watching them kind of things yeah they're great memories and then I'd go around my nana granders and they would watch the same program and I really want to watch that so

well they're watching antiques road show the bill I like to be I didn't remember that that's just I'm trying to think as a thing out of me and like an older show yeah oh the bill that was a great show

that was a lot that still kept on old stuff now oh as I got a bit older like one of the like the late night shows was um what's the one with the women's prison oh

bad girls that was great my mum used to let me let me a look for that one that was a bit later on it yeah oh god It's weird.

You know what? I forgot about all them programs. So did I tell. Literally. I just remember them all. Like, wow. I love that. I, yeah.

That was a bit, that was a nice little recap. Yeah. Proper childhood stuff. It's like when it comes up like and you're scrolling through and it's like, were you a child in the 90s and it reminds you of like, you know, the blow up backpacks and the inflatable chairs and like the chokers and like. Tamagotches.

Tamagotches. That all the like proper 90s stuff. Bang on the door. like the dirty chick and stuff. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Yeah, it is. I like stuff like that. I like them and stuff like that.

Because I forget. And even like certain sweets and stuff that they just don't make anymore. Like I used to get ones that were called fizzy jerks. I don't know if you ever had them. This was when I was in England before I even come to Spain. You know, I don't know. They were really nice, really weird flavour fizzy,

like hardball sweet things. And I remember, and do you remember them fizzy sprays you used to get? Yeah, yeah. And we had a really cool maths teacher. So in my junior school, Fernhurst in Portsmouth, we had a really cool maths teacher. And this was when we were in like year, five, year six. So we were like the oldest ones in the school. And maths can normally be quite boring, but it was great.

And he would let us like eat sweets and stuff in the lesson as long as we paid attention. But he was like, he got everyone's respect. There's a way of, there's a way of, he commanded respect, but let us do and get away with things as well. but yeah oh what great memories i know i feel like i need to like google some stuff like like because i tell you why we um we've been back to england this weekend well first we had lexie sevianas didn't we yeah so she's done her sevianne did she get home about one o'clock in the morning yes we did not so me and lexie know we didn't get up morgan did yes but yeah so it she smashed it absolutely smashed it her and her cousin brilliant all of them the whole lot absolutely

brilliant. It was just unfortunate it was late, you know? And I was wrong. They was all kind of a bit, I bit the time. Because more so people come in to watch because of the time. Well, that's it. And with stuff the next day, like I would have probably

dragged Kaysen for him to be tired if he didn't have to get up the next day. Yeah, if it was a weekend thing, it's different, isn't it? But yeah. So anyway, she smashed it. It was brilliant. And then we went back to England. You did? Did. We got there, good. To go back for the mat.

Yeah, we watched a West Dam against Tottenham. How was it? Stand up. If you ate Tottenham, that's what I've. You learn all the chance of you. No, but no, it was really, really good. The atmosphere was amazing. We didn't win, but we didn't lose. That was nice. You know, like, it was such a good atmosphere.

The kids absolutely loved it. Yeah. I haven't took Case into a football game, yeah. Oh, I'll tell a lie. We went to the Miami one when we were on holiday just. Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. I haven't took him to like an England football match. No, anything like that. And it is that, it is the experience, isn't it?

Don't get me wrong, I wouldn't want to do it every week. No, no, no, no. But to take the kids and, like, me and Liam used to go back, like, once or twice a year to go to watch Derby. Yeah. Just for something, like, as an experience. And it is, it's nice. It is, I have to admit, I do like that. So, that was amazing.

We, we obviously went to the West Ham shot and got some bits and went in the stadium a little bit earlier, you know, and then. What else did we do? Oh, and after the match then, we walked out and we went to the, there's like a big West Ham pub outside of the ground for Morgan to experience that, you know? And then after that, we walked down the road a bit trying to get away from kind of the busyness of everything. Yeah, because everyone's coming out at the stadium at the same time.

Yeah, to be able to get a lift, you know. And as we're walking through, there was like another little like, little corner shop thing you know and there was just like so many west ham friends still all sitting outside this shop um in just like a little cul-de-sat like a neighbourhood thing and so we went in the shop and got a drink and just sat out and it was just that the atmosphere was brilliant really really loved it um fun fact we actually completed on this house um by power of attorney when we and lee went back to go to a football game did you well we i think it yeah we went back to

watch Derby they'd got through to like a final or something i think it was darby they got through to like yeah which isn't normal for darling to do they got into like a fine i'm sure it was anyway we um so we booked the tickets and then the house thing just dragged on a little bit and then it was like the last day that we could complete on this house um with the mortgage application that we'd done before we'd have to start from scratch again because obviously when you do your mortgage it lasts for so long the the approval um and then we had to get everything in place. So literally we'd already had the thing booked

and it was like everyone's trying to get all the paperwork ready to complete on the very last bloomin day. I was like, we're not even here. So the week before we had to go sign power of attorney and we did, I've got a scarf from the football match with the date on it and it's actually the date we bought this house. He called me from the stadium

to tell me that they've completed. I can't hear you and he's like, we signed. You got the house. Yeah, literally. So yeah, fun fact. Yeah, it was good I did like it I did definitely do it again

Obviously not something Obviously you'd do every weekend But definitely do it again Generally it was nice It was a nice weekend We was in the centre of London Realising that They are celebrating the VE day

celebrations On the actual day That we were literally trying to get out of London So Even right Yeah it was It was, it was, it was, it wasn't so bad. I think I was more panicking because of the thinking I had to get to the airport for a certain time.

Yeah. I don't really know London well enough now to like, in and out of place, you know what I mean? Yeah. And obviously trains weren't running properly and things like that because of everything going on. Oh, crap. So, um, beginning of the day, we, we tried to do the touristy things, you know. so we did a cable car over somewhere somewhere i don't know from one area to another um and that was cool and then we were going to do the double decker bus because morgan really wanted to do the

double yeah but it we'd someone had told us that the best way to see everything um is on the on a boat on the on the on the on the tem so i've never done that yeah so that all the times i've been to london i've never done a test boat i didn't even really obviously i didn't even know it was an option really I wouldn't really know. So we was like, right, let's go and do that. I've seen a few friends do like, I don't know if it's like afternoon teas or bubbles or things like that. There's so many different varieties.

Or like an evening cruise around. So, yeah. There's so many different varieties. Even the double-deck buses, there's so many different options. There's like pig tea, afternoon tea. There was another one where you can have a three-course dinner and champagne. Like, honestly, there's so much available there now. Yeah.

And so that was good. So we went on the boat. And I just thought, oh, we were going to go back. getting on a bow and that was it like one side to the other kind of thing but it literally takes you we was on it for ages it literally takes you so we when okay i'm not very good with different places i'm just going to tell you the ones that i did know um so obviously the london bridge london i yeah the westminster the big ben uh and other places other places in london along the thames it was really good i have to say i'd definitely recommend to do it that way

Then we got off at Big Ben because Morgan wanted to see Big Ben. And that is where we felt the, oh, the people. Clostophobic. Yeah, the people, the roads were blocked and not everywhere. You could go, like, you know, if you're looking on someone where to go, you can't just go that way because it's blocked. Right. Oh, I tell you something, as we got off this boat, walked up,

sitting Big Ben, lovely, da-da-da-da-da. Kids need the toilet. We all need a wee. Right, fine. There's a toilet there, going in the toilet. You have to pay to go into the. toilet not only like the public toilet yeah pay right I wouldn't mind paying for anything right if it's justifiable okay right you might as well just to piss on

the floor this place was disgusting disgusting oh and another point you can't pay anywhere in cash nowhere even this so it was like a imagine like a turn thing with a card and a thing on the top like a bleep thing oh wow yeah not even like a little no no I need a way and I don't have have a card. So Lexie got thrown over the turns out. I jumped over the turns out. I went for the toilet and I thought, I'm glad I don't pay for this thing because it is disgusting. Oh my God. I literally more than come out and went, did we have to pay for it? I was like, yes, we did. It is a bit naughty, isn't it? Yeah, I mean, don't get me wrong. If it was

kept nice, fine. I understand peck of toilet. Yeah, if there's a public toilet there's free and I'm paying for the nicer ones and it's nice. It was awful. Oh, wow. So that was an experience and no cash anywhere. No cash. I could we, um, I mean, maybe the odd little shop yeah but generally no so they would have been a bit stuck if they'd had the power out if they had the blackout and obviously everywhere's electric cars there's you can't have not electric car in the city of london you know what i mean so everything was electric car as well so they would have been booked really but anyway forget that let's not dig digging digging London out

I'm joking we did we had a good time I love London for a holiday I don't think I could live there and it's like obviously I work with a lot of people that go to our office in London they only have to go a couple of days a week

they don't have to go every single day and I love going over and going to the London office and doing the London bits but I couldn't imagine like the constant in and out of London or being in London a lot there is some people that love that life

Yeah. It's just definitely not for me. Yeah. Definitely, definitely not for me. I have to say, being in there with the V-day celebration felt quite lucky, actually. Do you know what I mean? Because I think there's a lot of people travelled from everywhere, all over, to come and see these kinds of celebrations. I hadn't even heard of V-Day until now.

Have you not? Yeah. I've grown up for years. I mean, my granddad's were in the war. So I've grown up hearing stories from my granddad. about his experiences and stuff and obviously my nan and my mum has always done Jubilee

VE Day, parties street parties yeah brilliant she was she was she was supposed to do it today or yesterday but because of the weather's changed over here she's just going to

it's gone from sunny to storms coming always always does them celebrations I actually Quite patriotic Yes, she is And I didn't think I was But things like This morning when I got up

And I'm watching the morning television And they're talking to veterans Yeah From and do you know what I could I was literally just like You're staring To the TV

Because I feel like if that happened now Oh my God We'd be ruined We would be ruined There's no 17 year old Who would be able to do I don't feel Not many

What all them had to We've spoke about this a little bit how like the younger generation, the newer generations they just don't have that like grit that I feel like the previous generations have and I feel like... And that's not their fault. No, no. The world's changed. Like it's not a diss but I feel like

we have it still a little bit but I think yeah like our parents and grandparents just like you know pulled up their pans and got on with it and had to deal with a lot of crap. And hearing some of the stories like how how it happened and what they went through and they even still say now

like when will they learn that no one benefits from a war and these are veterans who have been through it and done it all and have got victory and they're still telling you you can't, it's not worth it. No one wins out of war, you know? So yeah, I have to say it was quite nice being able to be there obviously at the time I was a bit like,

but it was nice and we see the fly past of the red arrows and stuff like that yeah it was cool I have to say we were very lucky it was great experience to deal with that many people like but it's worth it yeah it's it weren't it weren't so bad because we was trying to avoid it but you it was more like it was in a bit of a maze you couldn't you what you'd go to go that way it was blocked off and then you okay so how do i get there a bit lost all the way around and i we don't really know london i suppose if you live there you know exactly where to go and how to do it yeah but it was fab I have to say everything was fab for a weekend to come home.

And then that's it. Yeah. Great memories made. Another one in the member bank. Nice. So yeah, good. Kids were happy. Spent shit loads of money.

I have to say. It's so hard, didn't it? I have to say. When people go, oh, why don't it? Just nip back and see everyone. It's like, well, flights aren't as cheap as they used to be. Generally, whenever we go back, we're always having to get accommodation. And then the money you spend day to day just on food, like even just nipping into a corner shop, 30, 40, 40 quills.

Exactly. But it's like, it was like 10 pound for a couple of bottles of water for a salt. Exactly. I think someone said to me, why did you buy a bottle of water? Like, but I think we're so used to buying bottles of water. Yeah. We don't go to a tap in England, don't they? They get it out of the tap. I know, but it's just because we don't do it here.

Do you know what I mean? I was like, oh, actually, I didn't think of it like that. Yeah, it's true. But yeah, no, let's forget all that miserable stuff. Yeah. Yeah, it was great. Great weekend. Like I say, it all adds up.

Loads of memories. nice to do it every now and then but yeah it was good really good uh a bit of a because we didn't it wasn't just a weekend thing it kind of fell into a Monday and then a Tuesday early morning yeah so this week feels a bit strange you know because yeah and we've had quite a few weird weeks of like Easter Friday bank holiday Monday yeah I really feel like I need just a bit and we haven't got that much left soon and then it's going to be summer I know case it was actually off on Monday because we got him ready and just as we were about to go out of the door, Liam was like, what days the school trip again?

Because he decided he didn't want to go on the school trip when they booked it like a month or so ago. And then I quickly message on the group. They went today. And I was like, okay, so stay home. No point. He said that into school to be like put somewhere. No, no, no, no. Because his whole class is going to, I think they went to the Rio Safari. Actually, I'm just going to have a little rung about this, right, about a school trip. Because this, this is in process at the moment, right? they sent a letter out for a school trip and they tell you where it is, how much it is

and the last date that you've got to give the money in by. Yeah. Fine. Perfect, yeah. Well, that's fine. Lexi hadn't been there for the last few days anyway with the Friday and then the Monday and then the Tuesday. And I'd completely forgot about this school trip letter because I'd usually give it in straight away.

Yeah. So in my head, I've kind of give it in. And then I see on the Tuesday that it wasn't it was just like it was still all there on the table and I was oh shit I haven't give the school chip but that day was the last day that actual day so I sent the the why can't I speak English I sent the confirmation that she can go through email just to say okay there's the confirmation you know my signature and everything and she'll bring the money in tomorrow so she did she took it in the next day and the company

denied it. The company denied that she was one day too, not the school, the company of the school trip, where they're going, said, no, no, it's too late. Because she paid a day late. She paid a day late. Bearing in mind, if the last day was on the sixth,

yeah, and school day doesn't finish till whatever time, yeah, by going in on the 7th at 9 o'clock, what difference does I completely respect, there's a rule, and there's a date and da-da-da, completely respect that. But for the reason that they, the school called the company and said, look, can we just have one.

This situation's happened, da-da-da, we've got this here. And they said, no, we can't start, we can't organise and get all these monitors. For one child in the space of six hours, come on now. You're telling me that you, and the school trip isn't even until a week, until a week away. I can understand if the school trip was tomorrow. Yeah. It's another week away. I could all organise a whole school trip at that time.

You know what I mean? That's annoying. It did. It really gave me the arm. It's in, I wish I had the company's name now. Put them on blast. Yeah, I would. Oh, where the, I think it's in Santa Polar and it's,

they're doing like the, uh, the paddleboard things and the kayaking and the, oh, that's a shame. Sounds like quite fun. Well, I was like, don't worry, we've got our own pedal board. I'll take you. I'll obviously get like that a little. She's fine about it. Yeah.

She's, it's me who's gone, oh, partly because obviously it's a little bit my fault because I don't put it in. And partly because I just think. That's a bit perfect. Yeah, you'll be well and fair. Yeah, I think there's not. Well, yeah, because someone could have. paid at 5 o'clock on the day before.

Exactly. And then you just do 9 o'clock in the morning. Actually, she went in at 8 o'clock. Oh, she's doing the hour early. Yeah, do you know what I mean? And I just thought, I thought I was a little bit unfair. I get rules and I get that. I do, I do. Yeah. But in this case, I thought, yeah, you're taking the piss out of me actually.

I think you're being nasty. But at least she just really mind. That's amazing. She's fine. Absolutely fine. If she don't go, she's going to do something anyway. She's absolutely fine. So that was my week. That's my rant.

Busy one. Busy one. God, what have I been up to? So I actually had my smear test that I think we spoke about on a previous episode. I had mine scheduled. But then the hospital changed the date on me. And then I was away. So it got delayed like twice.

So I had it the other day. I've been. And it was actually the first proper checkup after Hayden as well. So I had a smear test and I also had an ultrasound for them to check. everything was all good, like uterus and over the inside. Like an internal. Yeah, yeah. This was with Kuran privately.

But yeah, they checked everything, all good. I was literally in and out within seven minutes. It really doesn't. Smear test and the internal test. Did you get your results there and then, though? No, she said that it will be on the app. Okay. And if there's a problem, she'll call me.

Yeah. So, yeah. I haven't heard anything yet, but this was literally early this week. So, good. Well done. So, yeah, all done. well done and I remember sitting there thinking about our episode we spoke about relax yeah I barely felt anything and like I say from walking in the door

sitting down talking to her getting undressed getting on the bed doing those two things and walking out seven minutes yeah it's all in the mind I'm telling you I really I don't even have that problem but I know I can see it was weird it was I don't have it but that's weird and uncomfortable with like yeah right sit there get my legs she's like legs up in the stirroes bring your bum to the bottom of the bed it's a bit like yeah it's all quid in there but the actual process of it for me I honestly don't see it

no it's it's fine it is it's just a weird isn't it's just one of that it's obviously it's weird but so knowing that you're okay so glad to be done and obviously she said come back next year but I think that's just because it's private that they check every year

I don't think you do it that often no I think I'm like five years now yeah I think three to five years they say is the normal but obviously private is different they just want to charge you for everything so it's fine but no that's done and then we had another hospital appointment

so I got a text message from obviously the hospital going appointment for sit number blah blah blah in this department so I was like what the hell's that I don't even know what their department means and who's sit card number is that got an appointment I've got nothing in my diary literally it just come through as a text message

for two days time so I was a bit like Whoa, that's quite last minute. And who's Sipcard number is it? And what is this department? So I had to Google it and it was I. So I was like, right, well, Liam. Maybe Liam, maybe one of the boys. I don't know.

And I thought, surely Hayden's not going to have an eye test or something. But then I thought, is this a new baby thing that they do to make sure earlier on that, I don't know. Yeah, yeah. Anyway, found that it was Kaysson's sick card and that it's in the eye department of the hospital. So we went to the appointment and the doctor was like, so what are you here for? I said, don't know. Got a text message. You told me.

to be in. I was like, I've got a text message. Because in my head, I was thinking he's six, nearly seven. Maybe they just do this as like routine for his age. And he went, no, you would have had to have been referred to me. And I thought, and then the penny dropped. The last time we were at Kaysen's doctor's appointment for his year six, age six jabs, which was probably six months ago, as we were finishing the appointment,

she made him stand and read the poster behind her. Like she pointed to some pictures of like a ball and a boy and things like that. And he couldn't really see it. And I didn't know if he was like a bit nervous or didn't know what the word was in Spanish or we didn't really think anything of it. And then we joked like, oh, imagine if like he's got Liam's eyes and he can't see. But I honestly didn't think anything of it. So the doctor actually said, oh, I'll refer you. And I remember her saying it now.

It twigged in the moment. And like, I'll refer him for an eye test. That's good. But it was so long ago, like six months ago, maybe something like that. I completely forgot. So then I was like, oh, yes, you are right. We did get referred. I remember now, like, he struggled to see in the thing.

So anyway, he's done the little thing, saw the little house. Then he sat in another chair and looked at the thing and they're doing the letters on the wall. And then I'm sat quite close to the wall so I could see the letters. Liam stood next to casing at the back of the room. And he was like, read the letters. And then he was like, I can't. I was like, okay. But you mean you can't meet them?

And I was a bit like, oh, because I honestly thought we'd get there and it'd be no problem. And then he changed it and then he could read some of it. And then like the O's he was like, or a G, he said was an O. Yeah. And a Z he said was like an E. So it was like some of them were close, but yeah, then I was obviously can't see something. And straight away he was like, mm, okay. And then he had to put eye drops in.

Does it not make you feel as like a parent? Oh my God. Why do you not know it's this thing? That was a little bit like, oh, maybe he actually can't see. And then... Why have you never told me you can't see? I wondered why you sat so close to the TV, playing the PlayStation. But I thought it was like a kid thing.

You naturally kissed. I remember being told as a kid, sit back, you get square eyes. So I thought it was a kid thing. So anyway, he's given two eyedrops, which was a bit of a plava, because like, you know, trying to get eye drops in the kid when he was a bit nervous. us. Anyway, give us the eyedrops. We had to sit and wait. Then we had to come back in after another set of eyedrops

and then he did it at test again. So yeah, we were there for probably about an hour but he said yeah, he went. He definitely needs glasses all the time for far away distance. He's got the exact same prescription that Liam has. That's mad, isn't it? Weird that they got the same description. So yeah, he can't see

very far away. And then no one actually knew. And nobody knew. That's actually he was the same room. Yeah, and it's funny because the odd time he has put Liam's glasses on and stuff and we've joked and Liam said I know Liam said to him like oh can you see Ben and he's like no it's blurry or whatever so well you do though don't you when you you know what I mean obviously we didn't pay much attention but no he needs glasses all the time apart from like sports and stuff so yeah we went straight from there to to the place um to an optician's

place at the boulevard to order him some glasses but his head so bloody big none of the kids glasses is fitting because the stick bits go outwards because his head's so wide. Bloody big-headed children. So we then had to shop in the adult section because they don't really have like a teenage section. It's kids or it's more adult shopping centre either. There's not a lot of... There wasn't much choice.

I've gone to a different one for more kids, you know what I mean? But yeah. Yeah, maybe next time we'll do that then because, you know, it's all new to... If it's going to be... I'm sure he's probably going to... going to break these or loseies at some point. So, yeah, he ended up with kids' glasses. So we just had to find the ones that had the smallest frames

because some of them were like massive lending on his little face. But no, we found him some cute ones and he looks like even smarter than he is. How is he getting on with them? So we picked them up. Day to day. Today was the first day he wore them like two. He had them on in the morning. He actually wore them to school.

He came out of school with them in his bag. But I think his last lesson was PE. Yeah, obviously. So he's got on all right. It's quite being quite responsible with them. Exactly. And I said, what did the teacher say in the friends? And he said, yeah, all good.

But I think it's quite different now. You would got bullied for wearing glasses when we was in school. Yeah, it would have been a pin point. You've got glasses. Yeah, it's not proper bully, but you would have got them. It's just be something to pick on. Yeah. I mean, as kids, that's what I did.

Whereas I don't think it's that much of a thing now. No, no, no. Although I don't actually think anyone in his class has glasses. So it is a bit new. But no, he's happy. he's chuffed with them and just get used to wearing them it is it is that we're saying about with lexie i didn't know with lexie and it was wasn't her even school teacher it was her darn it was a flamenco teacher who um said to me um have you nexie ever mentioned about um her eyes i was like no she's like

i'm only saying it because i know i had it as a child that's why her teacher picked up on it and by the time it was getting to the end of the class she was squinting at the mirror because her eyes were tired apparently. Right, yeah. So she said, get him checked. So I did have got him checked and yet she's near enough blind pisser. Literally, she can't, she's the opposite. She can't see up close. I'm not, I don't really know. Liam knows more about him. Yeah, when you just have the prescription before we start. Her description is very, very strong, very strong, poor girl, like, I don't know how she sees anything before, but she never said anything then, you know what I mean? Well, kids don't know any different. No, it's like. And then saying about no one's got them

in the class, a few parents have said to us since, yeah, that their child, you know, that their child has said that they're suffering with squinting and headaches and they've gone to the eye test there's nothing on with their eyes they just want glasses like lexie you know what i mean whereas like you know you say back in the day you would have been stay away well it's funny because yeah like you wouldn't want glasses in a way as a kid because it's just something to pick on and when i was at school in like they came into the school did you have that the opticians came in and they did eye tests while we were at school but they may have done so they did it once or twice when i was at school and I remember trying to like you know be good yeah because I want I wanted I

think I just wanted something wrong with me to be a bit different yeah yeah um but yeah it's weird isn't it the thing yeah and they can tell um but yeah it's um yeah that's a new thing for him to yeah yeah yeah because I've obviously been through it but for me now lexie's just yeah she doesn't know any different yeah you know what I mean so for us now it's I'm just expecting us to like break them or lose them yeah well probably more lose them kaysen is quite responsible but yeah just forget that he has them and leave them somewhere yeah lexie's all right she's she had a couple um she had she had two different ones that she like to change change up and now the last pair she's had she's she's had them for ages now

she don't want to change them at all if anything i just change the lenses yeah keep they get wrapped yeah um and hers have got little magnets on so you put the sunglasses clip them on the top Ah, yeah, so they had an offer when we got them to get, like, you know, cheaper if you get two. And we very nearly looked at the sunglasses, but I thought he's probably not going to wear them. If he's outside, he's probably swimming or doing something that he's not going to wear them. She doesn't have them often. It was like, it's like, it was one of them things adding on, so I was like, well, I might as I'll get them. But, yeah, that's good.

She's outside more than casing this. Yes. It's good, though. It's good that you've got it done, obviously, because the longer it would have gone on. I mean, I know you said that Liam didn't even get his eyes tested. All the years Liam played football and he only got his eyes tested when we met and moved back to England

so he would have been 16 and that was when he started with right you need glasses then he got contacts and since then he's always had them he did have his he had laser eye surgery when we were about 1920

he had that done in Turkey yeah he had it done in Turkey absolutely perfect one of the leading people that teaches people all over the world to do it. And it lasted for about 10 years. But they do say it lasts. And then it's gone completely back to the original prescription, which is quite rare.

Yeah, but it hasn't gone worse. I think because he had it done when he was quite young. But only because I know someone who's had it done recently. Right. And it's the same thing. So it only does last a certain amount of time before then it deteriorates because of age. And so on. Yeah, exactly.

I mean, he would have considered getting it done again. but I don't know if I'm saying this right but he can't for some reason I think it's because the the thickness of the bit that they have to take on to laser in or whatever it is is too thin that they would like they don't want to risk yeah they don't want to risk doing it so yeah exactly so um the only thing he could probably do is get the not get laser but get the lens put in like the permanent lens which his mum's had done um And was it successful? I think so.

I don't, she's not mentioned anything to me. I don't know if Liam said that some things could be a bit blurrory or maybe she's getting used to it. It's weird, I know, because I work in the mouth. I think the eyes are very different to them. When I go for an eye test, well, even if I get my eye, when I get my makeup done, like, she hates me coming near my eyes. Because literally she's like, just look up. I'm like, don't move. Now my eyes are just streaming watering.

You know, even in the eye testing, you've got to put it in that thing. Like I was with Liam when he got it done And yeah I mean I wasn't in the room obviously But I don't think I would be brave enough to go through it I mean even You know when like laser Not laser

Coloured eye contacts were a thing I had a pair of contacts I tried every day to get them things in my eyes I could not do it I did actually as a kid I couldn't get them in I used to go with I've got Chinese eyes

Some of my friends in Toravica actually yeah sorry you literally just brought a memory back to me there yeah you'd go to in opticians as kids like 13 they'd literally just give us

these coloured contacts we'd have like one pink or white or blah blah yeah because you can get them for like Halloween you know them like funky things but I remember and I don't like brown

or do I mean and change well my mum bought me like really bright green ones and I was like oh I'd love to to wear them I literally I tried I tried so much

I could not get them, like, in. Yeah, watching how people do it. Lean can do that even, yeah, it does actually make me. Obviously, because he's so used to it now. But, yeah, maybe because I've got such, like, slitty eyes. But, no, talking about that, my, um, one of my cousins didn't fight, I think she was about nine, and they found out she's completely blind in one eye. Pretty old.

But then that's like Mitch. He, he went for years getting eye tests. He actually had eye tests done. It's not like he didn't get them. He was getting eye test done and I think he was cheating. Like he was cheating him. So they didn't ever know that he couldn't, didn't have this vision or he had a problem.

And then by the time they found he had a problem, I think it was too late. But yeah, so that's something why I've kept on top of mind, obviously because of history, whether it's my dad with history of his eyes or their dad. Yeah. But yeah, oh, bless him and his little glasses. Yeah, it's cute.

It is cute. It is cute. So, yeah. And good that it's done because when it gets a teenager. Yeah, yeah, exactly. He's not having to wait until he's old to figure it out. So, yeah, that's basically what I've been up to. And then just rehearsing Kaysen's lines.

Lines. For his, I was going to say school play then. It's not a school play. It's his drama play, which is June. He goes to drama club, yeah. So he's got his performance coming out quick now. It's June. So I've only really got maybe four or five weeks left.

Don't. And he's got, he went from having to just mouth. lines because there's a character that changes bodies as part of it. So he was going to be, when they get changed into a smaller body, be that character but the person who had the original

voice was going to say all the lines backstage. He was mouthing it. But then after two months of rehearsals, they decided actually know that's really boring for him, we're going to give him lines. So it was only about two, three weeks ago, I think, but now you have to learn all the lines.

And how is he getting on with it? Because amazing he's young to be very young yeah i mean to be honest i don't know if i've said this already but she normally doesn't take kids until they're six but i took him in at five and she said i'll see how he gets on and she went he's fantastic he can like stay so well he's got to be then give him yeah the lines well yeah this will be his third one um in his in the first one i think he just got involved in some of the songs the second one he had a couple of lines in the elf play he was the elf supervisor so we had two or three lines um and the songs obviously but then this one he's got five scenes where he speaks in every single one of them five scenes and some of

it's like five six sentence blocks and how old is he six that's amazing it's i mean he blows me way i'll sit there and i'll be like right okay we'll read it together so he can see it then now Now we can see it. Now we can see it. And then I'll read it to him and he says it back to me. But we literally do it because after 10 minutes he's on board. And I'm like, well, to be honest, you've learned it. So, yeah, we only have to do like 10 minute practices.

He's good at picking stuff up. The memory, like, honestly, it shocks me. I know I had a good memory at his age. And I remember being in year six talking about junior school. And I did a play and I was the main character. a script and I'd learnt the whole thing within a couple of weeks but yeah

it's like it just blows my mind like watching him and like him and he still loves it doesn't it? Yeah he does it you know like come on you've got a rehearse you've got a practice it's not like a huh kind of thing obviously anything like that over and over it with anything a bit thing but he still loves doing it he's still excited

well I thought I thought that's what we'd get to because it's like now it's not homework it's fun but now you actually really you've got responsibility you have to learn the lines like there's a bit more that you have to well it's not just about there's a bit more you actually have to do this time so I thought maybe we'd get to a point because I thought we'd have to go through it so much for him to pick it up he's picking up so fast that by the time he gets bored it's like oh you don't all right and we're only doing

one scene at a time because you don't want to overlook you like well I thought like I'd have to go right let's recap last week scene so that you don't forget that one and then yeah but yeah I don't even really have to go through the old ones because it's like he stored it. So it's a bit like, wow. Watch this space. So, yeah, yeah, that's the one thing that I'm a little bit sad that if I think we were in England,

he would be amazing to be in a proper performance school. Yeah, more of a drama, a performing arts school. Yeah, school or like be part of the actual, you know, your town's theatre that do on proper shows. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Like, what he's got here is great, but, like, I think he'd be great in like TV, commercials like adverts

and stuff so it's a shame but you still put him in for stuff I don't know how to do any of that from here but you could sure you could yeah you know what I mean I know they do some casting I know one or two people that have done like modelling casting

here but then I think if they like the look of you you've got to fly all the way to like Barcelona or Madrid to get seen in person for them to go yeah you're not quite right so it's a bit long I mean if he really wanted to do it I'd do it for him. And the moment he's...

And the moment he's happy with his drama club. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. We seem to do that, don't we? When he likes something, you're like, right, right, let's move countries. Let's set you up in this group and you're going to be this. You know what I mean? Yeah, and just have fun doing what they do for. Yeah, like, mum, it's not that deep.

I'm going to be into something else next week. But, no, I honestly think he'd be a great little actor. Yeah. Because even just like, when we're doing the lines, the way he's like, you know putting all the emphasis in and like the the different tones and stuff like and he's and he must he must I think it's a bit of a natural ability yeah I was gonna say he must listen well as well to the teacher yeah do you know what I mean because they wouldn't have given that much responsibility in a way I think of the young yeah I think

that's brilliant yeah so when's that June that isn't longer way is it no do you know what Do you know, I was actually thinking, I think I said this last year. I feel like you go from not doing any, like, oh, everything's fine, chill to chill. And then May hits after Easter and it's like, right, you've got a register for this in this time. You've got to do this in this time. There's a lot. And then it's right, go now, summer. We don't, we know one can talk to us for three months.

You've got the whole year and you want me to do everything in that piece. Because everything falls in that period because for May, like you say, it's applying for someone. school it's the school trips it's anything school related for the following year whatever the year end of the year then any personal things as well you know that loads of places closed so if you need anything like banking wise notary wise house stuff do it in the summer nobody wants to know you in the summer so it's like there is a lot that you have to like squash I just really feel like I've been kind of twiddling my fingers waiting for do to do all these things it always comes up once and then like I know it's going to hit in a week or so

because I've got obviously Morgan graduating. Mason's going on to his next level for his course that he's studying. And then obviously summer. So I'm just like, I know in a minute it's just going to hit me. And June's half days. I mean, our kids don't stay late anyway, but it's like an hour less. That's a huge difference. It does make a huge difference.

By the time we drop them off and do anything, you've got to go pick them back up again. It actually is. So finishing at one. Yeah. And then we've got 12, 13 weeks of summer. less than three weeks in June because by the 17th 8th, they're breaking up. So it's not even like you've got all of June either. No.

No. That's what I'm saying. That's why I feel like, like, we're all, we're all chilled at the minute. And I know there's going to be a week, because I know what the week is, because it's going to come up on my diary that you've got to do this, this day. And you've got Morgan's birthday as well. So it's like you've got the graduation and his birthday and all these. And everything, it's just annoyed because it's a time limit. You know, like, I'm waiting all through the year and you only want me to.

do it at least one week. Yeah. And every year, every year I feel like, oh my God, coming. Summer anxiety. Summer doesn't bother me too bad once it's there. You know, like once you're in it, it's fine. It's just between the May and the June. Then a couple of weeks of chaos. Before they break up and, you know, when everyone's asking for you everything at once, every bit of paperwork that you've ever owned, do you know what I mean? And that, that's coming. So I feel a little bit like anxious for that because I know. literally by next week

of the week after I don't know how I'm going to do it because also everything's between 9-1 when everybody works so I'll take a week off to go and actually get everything sorted yeah so that's that's coming out

that's literally going to fly by as well I know it is yeah we've got Hayden's first birthday literally next month so yeah in a week or so I've got 11 month old that's scary that is scary

And like I say, before you know, it's summer's over, they're back at school, September, but it's like nearly Christmas, another year's done. I feel really last line this year. Rit this year, this year's gone fast. I really feel like... How are we in May? Yeah. Like, I feel like I've had like my dressing gown and the fire on and before I know it, it's like it's warm.

And me, I feel like... And I'm like hot with my duvet. Don't be like I've moaned enough, it's been cold. Yeah, it's not been that bad this winter. I feel like I'll usually moan a little bit longer. Like, oh, really would. Yeah, the cold didn't last as long this year. It didn't rain as much either.

um so yeah it's gone quite fast yeah i'm having actually like the weekend just gone and it's my room still a tip is doing that like seasonal changeover yeah of getting all the like summer stuff out of uh storage and doing a bit of the change over and starting to pack like i've left some jumpers some trousers because we have that in between period but like the the bulk of the stuff i know i'm not going to wear now get that out of the way yeah yeah yeah yeah i think well it's funny you say that actually because obviously i've been to england So I had to kind of, you know, what am I taking, what am I not taking, even though it was nice over there.

But they're nice. You know what I mean? So, and then we got back and then I think, was it today or yesterday, Lexi went to school with jeans and a jumper because it was obviously cool in the morning. And within the, because she went early. Within the hour, I was like, right, Morgan, take Lexi a shorts and T-shirt because she's going to be sweaty when you get to school, bless her. That's how quick it changes it, doesn't it?

Yeah. I really, since I've come back from England, And I know it was only, it sounds like I've been there for like three weeks. But when I came back, I felt that, you know, when you can come on holiday and you get that war air and you get off the plane? I felt that when I got off the plane this time. That's proper like holiday, like hot air or when you go back to you, you get that crisp, fresh air. Nothing feels like fresher than that English cold air. And then that night obviously coming back from England and I was in bed and I literally woke up sweating, you know, just because I had a night like that holiday feel like you on holiday.

In this last week I'd woke up sweating one night and I'd be like, raw, we might have to start putting the fan on. Well, I was in shores this morning and I'm going to track suit this afternoon because it's going to rain. Yeah. But it's still what? It's a bit bipolar at the moment, the weather is.

Yeah, it is. Typical English, I'll moan it's cold enough. Yeah, but it's too hot. Yes, the point of topic of conversation. Well, what I did notice on our last one is that I am all brown here and my legs are like a completely different person. You're always like that, man.

You always get really brown arms and shoulders. I literally, my legs, nothing. I need to just maybe sit up there. Sit upside down and I actually catch something. I never have, have I? No. Call me. Do you really live in Spain?

I know, yeah. Are you lying? Well, I think when you're living, you just don't sit out in it. I don't have the patience to some babe anymore. I used to be able to be able to sit for hours and hours on holiday. But now I avoid being out of. Yeah, but we've said this, I think, before, that when people think of your, you live abroad, you live in Spain, that you're at the beach every day and that, you know, you're sitting in your garden around the pool every day and da-da-da, I couldn't tell you the last time I actually got in my swimming pool, first of all. Obviously, the kids do.

Yeah. But I couldn't tell you the last time I got in my swimming pool, which is really strange because the minute we go back to England and a hotel and it's got a swimming pool, I go in it. Yeah. Crazy. It's crazy. It's crazy, isn't it? I could probably count on one hand how many times I use my poor life. Beach.

No, we definitely don't go every day. We don't. And each at all. No. Well, no, you don't know. I never used to to be there. Case has been to the beach about three times every life. But it is.

You have this thing of, you know, people think that you're going to literally. You're not in holiday mode. You're in like, I live here, I work here. The last thing I want to do is, you know, when you finish work, do you go out every evening and after work? You don't. No. You do see some people when they feel.

first move over, still in that holiday mode, you think you're going to have to get out of that because otherwise you're not going to survive here. Those are people that don't want. You won't survive like that because you live here and that's where you've got to what's the word integrate. Integrate.

Yeah, integrate. Yeah. But then at the same time I think and Spanish don't go to the beach. Spanish is a little joking they do. Won't you walk into a Spanish person's hours. You can't see anything because all the blinds down is dark. They hide from Well, for years I never got that. I was just like, oh God, what did you sit in the dark for?

It was cold and it's, you know, that kind of thing. Well, yeah. Trial and tested, I apologize for digging you out because there's a reason and it's a valid one and it works. Yeah. Literally keeping that sun out. Yeah. You know what I mean? For that time.

Yeah. My living room gets so hot. We, because it's, our living room was our extension that we built. So we put like good bricks and all of that. And it, yeah, it like, so that we. would keep the warm in the winter, but obviously it keeps the warm in the bloody summer as well. That's why the houses are designed here to keep the heat, even though we're like, oh my God, it's so cold in the winter.

That's what I mean. They do stay cool in the summer, but they're freezing indoors in the winter. So I feel like ours is that in between, whereas a little bit too hot in the summer, but it's not too cold in the winter. But then, them shutters do make a huge difference. Oh, yeah. Huge difference. It just makes everything just look really dark on it. Oh, yeah.

I love it. You're a proper. Yeah, but even from the outside. Yeah. You know, like I think people on my street think, oh, God. You don't even live there. I mean, like, you should walk out. There's reason, honestly.

Yeah, no, I think everyone's in the same boat, unless you're a tourist. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. I think once you, if you've lived here for a while, you get it. Yeah. Completely get that. And not, and for me, summertime anyway, is as well, you know, just get used to, you can't do anything in that, in that time frame in the middle of the day. Yeah.

Because it's just too hot. Yeah. Do you know what I mean? There's no point in thinking about doing anything. because you're not going to enjoy it because it's, you know, it's burning out there. Yeah. And it does make, you know, why the Spanish do that, you know? Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They live this, this is their home. Yeah, you know, exactly. Yeah. There's me all them years going, oh, they don't know when they do that. Or like, all the Spanish disappear off the streets in them hours of the day. Yeah. Because it's so hot. Exactly.

Or they actually go, they have their winter homes and their summer homes. Yeah, so we get a lot of the people from Madrid come, don't we? Because it's so warm up there, they come to the coast. Yeah, I didn't realise that. But I remember going to Madrid once in the summer for work. And it was literally like five, maybe even seven degrees hotter. Yeah. And they have no wind because there's buildings everywhere.

And they've got no beach. They've got no, like, water. Until you think, until you actually think about it, isn't it? And they come to us. Yeah. Yeah. All come to us and take our car parking spaces and our beach spot space. All right.

Charlotte, we're in a mood today. I am, I am. I want to proper run today. Proper. I didn't even finish yet. I won't keep you all waiting. Yeah, well, I did the same thing when we were driving the other day. There was about three, four people that nearly caused an accident in the space of 10 minutes.

I was like, why can't nobody drive? I actually voice noted you the other day, didn't I? I was feeling. The same thing happened a few days later. I was like, why can't nobody drive? But for me, and I'm going to say it, for me, it's the older people. And I'm sorry if I'm disrespecting here. But it is, all right?

We always say, respect your elders and da-da-da-da-da-da-da, and sometimes I think, why on earth are you in that car, you can't see where you're going, you're not indicating, and all this kind of thing, and then you just kind of act as if you haven't seen me or whatever. Or, for example, you know, like in a queue. Yeah. Cue's a cue in order, yeah? Yeah. Why do you think you can just jump in the queue?

I've just taught my children that you've just got to do this, you know, and then you just don't jump the queue. No, sorry, but no. Thank you. Yeah, no, I get it. I get it. I was fuming the other day. Literally, we say, yeah.

No, it is really annoying. Nearly causing accidents. I say you've got kids in the car. Like, if you can't drive, don't drive. Yeah. And I know with the people are bad drivers, it was just my experience that day. It was more of the mature age, okay?

Yeah. Yeah, it can be, but it can be anyone. Yeah, and actually, my dad went and got tested for his license. He's safe, he can see. He can carry on. He's been given his license again. Yeah. And Anne actually had to redo hers recently.

She was really worried that they would, like, something would happen. She wouldn't get it. But no, she's all good to you. But yeah, I think that's really good thing. They should retest because, like, it is sometimes people that shouldn't have their license. It is. And I know the young ones maybe are a bit. Yeah, inexperienced as well, cause problems.

And the digs when they drive. And I do, I do, I do get that. It was just recently, my experience hasn't been with the young lot, all right? They've been fine. Right, we'll leave you on that. Yeah, I'll stop moaning. I'll leave you, I'll stop. We'll turn it off before this episode turns into a two-part.

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