2 months back on farm

It's quite impossible to believe that we arrived back on farm 2 whole months ago. We only have 2 and a half months left and that's both exciting and super scary at the same time. We've become so comfortable in our little bubble of Geraldine and what is familiar that it will be very hard to walk away from this place knowing we aren't coming back this time. At the moment we are just trying to make the most of being back here and enjoy it while we can. The weather has been very up and down this week with freezing days followed by afternoons of intense sunshine. It's hard to work out how to dress a child for all possible weather outcomes and you end up taking whole new outfits with you just increase we get that sudden heatwave or downpour. I've been trying to make the most of Cassidy being at preschool and having that one on one with Eliza. It's actually pretty awesome to see her get to play with everything she wants to and not have to negotiate with an older sister to try and get it. I think it's made me realise how important that is for her and how it's only fair when Cassidy got so much undivided attention before Eliza came along. Developmentally she's also at a very different stage to Cassidy so it gives me time to sit down with her and teach her so many new things. One thing that is beyond brilliant is her counting. From us playing hide and seek all the time she can now count to 10 without any slip ups most of the time. Admittedly she counts at 10 times the normal talking volume because of how you play hide and seek but it is so exciting that she's counting before she's 2 when it took Cassidy until she was well over 3 to start. I'm not deluded about it though and do realise she doesn't have a concept of what those numbers mean in terms of quantities but the fact she knows the words will just make learning that association so much easier. She's even learnt the "ready or not, here I come" part which is beyond adorable. She does believe that she needs to hide herself while she counts but at least we know she isn't peeking while counting behind the curtains unlike Cassidy who loves to peer through gaps in her fingers. We often play team hide and seek with Eliza and I teamed up against Bruce and Cassidy which is a rather entertaining way for us all to spend weekend lunchtimes with dad. The calves are still coming thick and fast and it's beginning to feel like the numbers will never end. Cassidy loves it when we spot them in the paddocks, especially the brown ones and the ones with pink noses. I told her that the calf in the shed was adorable the other day and she went around every pen saying "oh Charlotte look, that one's just sooo adorable" repeatedly. Such a parrot! Speaking of parrots, Eliza and I went to the playground together, despite the fact everything was wet, and visited parrot McKenzie for the first time this season who we met last year. She is so into animals that she was blown away by the fact he could say "hello" to her but she found it most exciting when he said "tickle, tickle". She spent the whole afternoon going up to people and tickling them while saying "tickle, tickle" in the same voice as parrot McKenzie. Czytaj więcej