Dear Diary: Paintballing!

So my dad turned 50 in May and for the life of me I couldn't think of what to get him. Its not like with your mum where she will appreciate a hand made quilt! And when me and Kip asked him we kept getting the same answer 'I don't know!'

My step-mum Jo had organized a surprise party for his birthday and we wanted to do something special for his 50th, rather than just a book or a dvd. So me and Kip did the best thing possible!? - we let him chose a day out!

Much to our surprise he decided that he wanted to go paintballing - at first Kip and I were quite excited at the idea to shoot my dad and Kerry (sister) with paint the fires out a gun at 300 feet per second.... and then I think it dawned on us that we would also get hit!

However we persisted and we went to the Great Chart Golf and Liesure centre where you pay £5 to turn up and play and then just pay extra for paintballs. 500 paintballs and over two hours later we were returning home.... smelly, bruised, covered in paint, but smiling! Because 1. I got a point for our team (with the help of the team covering me while I ran!) 2. because i'm pretty sure that I shot my dad - even if it didn't splatter! and 3. Because the old man got a chance to run around in a field shooting paintballs kamikaze style before he needs to use the walking stick that I also got him for his birthday : ]

Altogether we had a nice day out and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves... though we racked up the water bill!

Dad