Nick feeds calves, I feed lambs

On Tuesday this week Eliza and I went to our music group after dropping Cassidy off and it just so happened that Bruce and Candy's friend Manda was there with her baby McKinley. She's a very down to earth, laid back woman and this has been passed down to her daughter with her parenting technique. McKinley wasn't at all worried about where mum was and was off toddling around the group going from mum to mum to get as many hugs off as many people as possible. After the session ended Manda asked me to keep and eye on her daughter and Olive, another child she was minding that day, while she went to go and pick up 3 lambs, as you do. Luckily the music group have a bit of a playgroup session afterwards so I was able to keep track of them all as they moved around playing with all the toys. The session did draw to a close and I was a bit worried because Manda wasn't back yet when we were asked to leave but luckily as we made our way outside she just pulled into the carpark. Eliza walked straight into the door and gave her head a big whack which has now come up in a beautiful egg shaped bruise. We went over to see the lambs in Manda's boot, which managed to settle Eliza, and as we were stroking them she invited us to come with her to take them to their new home and give them a feed. It was pretty strange driving up to a strangers house when they weren't home but it seems she's doing them a huge favour coming and feeding the lambs because they need to be fed 6 times a day initially. It took a while to make up all the bottles but soon enough I was able to give feeding them a go. It was such a cool experience and the girls were really interested in what was going on. McKinley is such a cruisy independent little one year old and she spent most of the time off on her own happily exploring the garden. It's amazing how little she cries. Eliza and I also visited Peel Forest this week after dropping Cassidy off. It was a beautiful day weather wise so I decided to make the most of that opportunity and go on a walk with her. It was an amazing experience because she really applied all the colours I've been teaching her to things she was seeing. By the end she was saying "yellow leaf, brown bark, green tree and moss". I also spent time teaching her the names of different types of plants and she fully engaged with the whole experience, even squatting down to get a closer look at things. Children are definitely like sponges and I feel so lucky to be a part of this key learning with her.Les mer