sunny Monday and scarry Moo's

Three cows and a teeny tiny baby cow have appeared in the field at the end of our road so we went to have a little look . We had only taken a couple of steps into the field when 2 of the cows started trotting towards us with a menacing look on their faces ! my fear of cows kicked in ( was chased by a heard of cows in this exact same field when i was little ) so i told Ben and Daisy to go to the gate in a trying not to panic type voice, Ben went quickly but Daisy who is exploring all meanings of the word 'stubborn' wouldn't budge so i ran with her under my arm like a rugby ball just as the scary cows broke into a full on run ! eeeeek . took the above photo from the safety of the road . Don't think I'll be venturing anywhere near those cows again .

we found some more fields to explore instead.

feeling a bit naked without Molly on my front, after a wakeful night she fell asleep on the bed so i left her with my mum, so she missed out on the scary cows thankfully .

why open a gate when you can go under it !

Ben took this photo of me and Daisy.

sliding down hills

this is Hedgy the Hedgehog she belonged to me when i was little ,Ben loves her and has taken her everywhere since we found her in grandmas loft. she's eating a piece of dried sheep poo in this picture :) mmmmmmmmmm

In the afternoon grandma took us to Townley hall we first went to the playground which was packed with children and soon Daisy had disappeared in the crowds of children i spotted her being carried away from the playground in a Lady's arms so i ran faster than Ive ran in a long while and caught them up, the well meaning but annoyingly silly lady thought she was lost and was asking random people if Daisy was theirs ! anyone could of said 'yes she was their daughter' and taken her ! i was so shocked at her stupidity i just scooped Daisy up and we left the playground quickly ! don't you just hate the way places become stupidly busy in school holidays ugh!

This beautiful permaculture site was lovely and peaceful a little oasis among the craziness of the park.

exploring the Cob house .

the site runs free courses on growing veg which I'm defiantly going to sign up for when Molly is older .

running with Doodles

Molly has been particularly unsettled this last week, she wakes up every hour during the night for a feed and gets so tired during the day but wont have a nap and then gets very upset because shes so tired. I'm finding new depths of tiredness and even with my family to help I'm finding it all hard . because of the tired mummy and upset Molly Ive been trying to keep life simple and gentle.

Daisy's favourite place to play is on the tree stump in the garden .

Ben enjoying some running round the garden in his pants.

Ive been trying to get out of the house at least once a day so the pixies can let off some steam .Ben really enjoys holding doodles lead and running along side her .

only problem is shes half greyhound so is rather faster than him at running :)

Molly having a happy kick on the floor .

this is my favourite photo of Daisy i think Ive ever taken, i love it :) it seems to capture her spirit perfectly .

doing a spot of watercolour painting .

smelly Doodles

This is the dog that rolled in the fox poop... that needed a wash...

that caused the hairy hand...

that scared the Daisy..

and after TWO washes with various smelly and organic soaps STILL stinked so i read that Tomato ketchup gets rid of fox smell so i gave it a try..... it didn't work but Doodles sure did enjoy licking it all off :)

Oh and yes she still smells !

Birthday photos.

It has taken me a while to get round to upload Ben's birthday photos but here they are :)
i managed to find the time to make him a birthday crown just in time for the big day ,Ben was really excited about it and wore it with pride :)

having a balloon fight with Uncle Robert , i had Molly sat on my knee watching the balloon fun when she did her first laugh :) it was such a hearty happy chuckle it really made my day .

This was Ben's birthday present a super duper bike .

He was unbelievably excited when he saw it ,we all went straight out to give it a test drive , i think he was expecting it to just 'go' without peddling so we have spent the last couple of days teaching him how to peddle a bike .hes pretty much got it now and goes out every evening after tea with my dad to practise up and down our road .

Ben really likes the box on the back of the bike he fills it up with toys and stones and other treasures before he goes out on a ride.

Molly came out to watch the bike ridding fun too.

this is the face of wonder at seeing the sparkler in the shape of the number 4 on Ben's cake

my little boy turned 4 :)

Ben turned 4 on Tuesday and for no other reason than im a soppy proud mummy heres some photos of him taken on his birthdays over the years :) look how my wee mans grown ...sob !