More Wabbit!

On Saturday we decided to go to meet up with Auntie Jude and visit Park Hall Farm, a farm attraction near to Oswestry.

We all had a good time, first stop in the farm was the small animals; one of Tom's new words is 'wabbit' so he was very happy, plus they allowed us to pet them. Tom was quite happy to sit next to Matt & me and stroke the rabbit which was ace (lovely soft fur - I want one now!)

Next stop was to see the horses, these were a little too big for Tom, who would only go so far before quivering. One of the extra big horses came out, I tried to get Tom to stroke him, but he was adamant he wasn't going too, and there was no point in forcing him.

We then found an indoor play area, which was good for Tom, and a room full of classic motorbikes, which was good for Matt. After a clamber around the soft play area we got the first tractor ride around the farm. We thought Tom would be mega excited to be on a tractor (well a tractor trailer anyway) but he took it in his stride and didn't really show any excitement at all - didn't even want to stand up. Oh well, we tried.

Next stop was the pig racing, we thought there was no way we were going to see pigs run of their own free will and that there would be bribes involved, but no, a group of 5 big pigs came thundering down the race track. I of course backed the losing pig (Pepper)!

Then lunch, a stroll round the maize maze which we didn't really understand and anyway, Tom just cheated, refusing to follow any of the tracks. Next was the cow milking (too scary for Tom), and then a walk to see some ducks, donkeys and highland moos. Needless to say, Tom slept almost all the way home.

Sunday was sunny so we decided to go for a ride on the bikes. We drove to Gnosall and joined cycle path 55 along the old railway line to Stafford, where we had a picnic in the main square before cycling back again. It was 14 miles altogether, but quite easy as more or less flat (although I couldn't keep up with Tom and Matt)

Tom's speaking is getting better and better, although he still refuses to say his name - saying either Mummy / Daddy / me / when you ask him. Matt is determined this week to get him to say it - it's not as if it is a hard name to say. We will see what happens.

Oh, almost forgot to mention - Tom had his 3rd haircut on Friday and didn't cry. I'm not saying he was very well behaved, and I still had to cuddle him and Matt had to distract him with photos on his iPhone, however, he didn't cry and that was a huge step forward. Matt has visions of having Father / Son haircuts together - we've got a step further.

Oh, and we went out for dinner on Friday night, to a tapas bar in Bridgnorth which was WONDERFUL, definitely will go back. We are going out quite a bit at the moment as our babysitter is 8 months pregnant - she wants to fit in as much going out as possible before the new baby arrives, we aren't arguing. Will be interesting to see how long it takes before babysitting starts up again after baby arrives.