We had a couple of e-bay parcels arrive this morning which prompted a massive trying on session of summer clothes and mental list making.
In the afternoon we went to a birthday party held on a farm. On the way Master R wanted to know what spiders eat (I told him flies) and if they were good for them. Ms R walked onto the farm holding her nose and gagging but I made her remove her hand and pointed out that all we could smell was cooking smells coming from the restaurant. She held her nose again as we walked past the birds and rabbits but as soon as we hit the play area all fears of farmyard smells were forgotton. They clambered up and jumped off large straw bales and climbed across rope bridges and went down slides. Master R chatted to someone about a green balloon he wanted and then demanded that someone elses Daddy watch him while he did big jumps. Ms R felt intimidated by a two year old and his brother who pointed at her and called her ’stinky’ so we introduced ourselves to them and made friends and she no longer felt intimidated. I suggested that if anyone pointed and call her stinky again she just point back and tell them she is not stinky in a very loud voice. Ms R found a bigger boy who was not part of the group and had fun playing with him for a while. We did hen and guinea-pig meeting which Ms R opted out of and then visited pigs, goats, tyre swings and go-karts. All the children sat and ate round the table. Master R dropped his drink so I poured him another and he told me later that he hadn’t cried but he thought he was going to.
On the way home we popped in to see Mum and Nana.