Friday Fun

The weather has been really good for most of the week and today was no exception. When I woke up and went into the bathroom the sun was streaming into room. It was just the sort of day I wanted to have our Lucy to visit. 

The morning was spent playing in the garden with Lucy, mainly on the tricycle and her small red car. Recently she has started pretending they are real cars and the need to be filled with petrol before they will go any where. It quite sweet the way she plays on her own now she is growing up. It is lovely to sit and watch her and be there when comes over to give you a hug.

After lunch we had Birthday shopping to do, so it was off to the Melton Mowbray to go and get a present for Catherine who is 10 on Monday. As always she was really good around the shops and never seems to complain however far you walk her. While on the way home she she managed to get herself covered in chocolate, so much so that her hands were covered as well as her face dress and her legs. She was a sticky sight to behold and so proud of herself. I cleaned her up as much as possible but it was clear there was nothing that could be done about the dress other than putting it in the washing machine.

After taking the shopping home, and picking up a clean dress, we headed back out to the farm for afternoon tea and of course to see the piggies. As soon as we arrived she was off down the path to the find the little piglets which are still growing at an amazing rate. Of course we first had to pass the two Daddy Pigs who always get up and greet her before moving on to the next pen and the little pigs. 

After the pig we went off to see the rabbits who were just having their drinking water changed. The lady changing the water asked Lucy if she wanted to give the rabbits some carrots and stroke them. After getting over her shyness she said yes and the lady went off to get some carrots. As soon as he got back the pen was open and Lucy was standing inside pen with the Lady offering the boy rabbit a carrot, who came over to have a sniff and a nibble before getting stroked by Lucy. They then moved onto the girl rabbits who were completely uninterested in the carrots, so with carrot in hand Lucy found another pen of rabbits to give it to. 

While looking at the rabbits and talking to the woman we discovered they have some baby guinea pigs which are shortly going to need a new home. Knowing that Emily really wants some guinea pigs I going to look into the implications of keeping them with a mad westie that loves chasing rodents and rabbits!

After cleaning our hands it was off to have afternoon tea and a play with the toy farm yard and although her smile didn't get her a bit of cake this time, it did get her a big bag of carrots for the Donkey and the horse. 

With the bag of carrots in hand we wandered in to the fields to find the donkey and the horse. As she ran towards them they came to the fence. The bag contained five carrots and the winner was the donkey winning three - two, mainly on the grounds that the donkey can eat carrots at over twice the rate of the horse and it never looks like it might bite your fingers. As the farm walk was open this time we got to see the goats. Lucy run down the side of they fence urging them to follow her while holding a handfuls of grass. The goats, not being totally stupid to the idea of food followed her and were reward with getting to eat the grass. She love the way the goats do as she tells them and as she hands out the grass she makes sure they all get there far share.

It was soon time to go home for the return of Emily and Catherine from school. The welcome was so warm and full of hugs as always. They all played so nicely in the garden and in the house while I cooked the dinner for them all. After dinner it was soon time for Lucy to leave and home she went, all dressed in her clean clothes. 

It was a lovely day with Lucy and with Emily and Catherine after school and tomorrow is going to be even better...