Show Day

2years 271days

Thankyou all so much for your kindness about our slightly unusualness yesterday. It was lovely that you all got into our unique little excuse for cake. I even had several people say they may mark their little one's own!

FAB day today. Katie & I went with a friend to a big country fair in the town near us. She had a blast. She sat in a giant tractor (specifically in the HUGEEE wheel) a combine harvester, a digger, a forklift truck. She watched cow, sheep and goat judging, she watched dancing sheep (funny but rubbish!), she put herself into a huge dog kennel - and cried when I got her out. She jumped in giant puddles and mud ponds. She met some of my old teachers on their show stand, then blagged loads of sweeties from their freebie bowls. We had a wonderful time. But it all got much better, to her, at lunch time.

For lunch, we met Brooke and family for a picnic by the main arena. They did eat quite well and then ran round and round and round. They were giggling, chasing, hugging. Adorable as ever. They didnt stop running until the next act came on. Action Horses. Stunt riding. Katie LOVED it (so did I). To the point that when she saw the girls doing ballet on the horses and the guys doing gymnastics on them, whilst jumping over burning gates and through burning rings, she said "Katie do that. Here. When I'm a big girl". Brooke's family have horses and ponies and told Katie she can ride Brooke's ponies (her mum is an instructor and horse trainer by profession). Katie said "I ride Brooke's pony then the big one. Here".

They all had icecream and jumped in more muddy puddles. We looked at ducks, chickens, rabbits, sheeps, goats (which the girls tried to climb in with). Katie wanted to like the cows and giant pigs, but was a bit intimidated by them. We watched an owl display, which was fortunate as she'd insisted she wanted to see owls today.

We sat watching an Elvis tribute, in the sunshine, while the kids did yet more running. Round and round and round. They played on a (stationary!) landtrain. They played in deckchairs. They ran again. We took them in the childrens tent and they did painting, sticking, colouring, Connect4, colouring again. They gathered loads of freebies. Katie asked to have her facepainted. Then changed her mind. Brooke had butterflies on her face and Katie then wanted them on her hands, I was surprised she went through with it actually. They ran some more.

Before we realised, it was nearly 6pm. We walked Brooke back to their car, which made Katie rather sad. However, within seconds, she was asleep in my arms. She stayed asleep as I put her to bed, where she is now. With butterflies on her hands.

Katie is "taking cheese photos" with her hands. Broooke is rather bewildered.