Gentle

There was a baby animal farm at the market this morning and Ella and I went in to enjoy the beautiful creatures. Happily they did not seem too stressed and I felt so proud and happy to see Ella being so gentle and careful and curious with the animals. Two little piglets tried to eat her shoes! On the walk home we did some mushroom spotting and came up to a long meadow on a hill where Ella noticed a HUGE horse. "Look, look Mum! He's coming over to us!"

A little bit sick, a little bit sad

We've had a difficult few days as we have been blighted by endless viruses and always seem to have someone in the family who is feeling poorly. This last few days it's been little Jamie who is hot, streamy and miserable. He has needed to be carried about and has had to take a little break from the important activity of pointing at things and commenting on them. So this has left and tired and cranky mama and little big person who has taken it a bit hard as a result and has had to give firm instructions to "just be nice and kind Mummy."