We love Tailball - except when it goes on the roof!

Last weekend we had visitors, so Master J was a happy boy, he loves having people round – no matter who they are, I think it’s just a 9 yr old ‘thing’. So our friends were heading over for the day. They have a five year old girl, Miss D, who is adorable! But we did wonder whether 9 year old boys and 5 year old girls could play together without a row.

To give Miss D her due, she’s a bit of a tom-boy anyway so that helped a lot.

Himself had been to Tesco and brought lots of lovely BBQ items to cook once we had sailed down the river in the sunshine. He also returned with two giant bubble wands (one pink and one blue of course!!) for them to make giant bubbles with. These were a great hit – as we all like bubbles no matter how old.

We also had a Tailball set. It’s new from Mookie Toys – you know the people who brought us Swingball, which is addictive in itself (but a bit dangerous for a 5 year old we summised). There are different Tailball Sets in the range so we chose Tailball Light. You are meant to be able to play this one indoors but I think you’d need a much bigger lounge than ours...or at least less valuable ornaments dotted around!

Master J decided that he’d test the Tailball the evening before. It consisted of two lime green, very vibrant looking bats, they also looked very robust too. Plus one ball, which seemed very bouncy, it was also green and had strips of flouncy plastic trailing from it in a tail (hence tailball) This tails seemed to slow down the balls speed making it easier for little ones to get to the target, whilst it did not stop any of its bouncy capacity. For Master J this was good.

Although Himslef and I left him to it in the garden for a while whilst we made tea...and all of a sudden the Tailball had ‘accidentally’ managed to make its way onto the roof..... we think there was a little help from a 9 year old whacking it really hard with the bat to see how far it would go.

We can confirm.....it can go a long way.

One set of ladders, a very brave husband who is not afraid of heights and much shouting of “over here a bit” the ball was back on the lawn – with strict instructions it should stay lower than window height.

On our way out the next day, we packed Tailball and it was a hit! Boy and girl playing nicely together whilst four tired parents sat in deckchairs and tended the BBQ. Bliss in a pack for only £12.99!!