On the day, or day before my little sister Helen, has her first kiddie,
I thought Sophie should have one last grab of the limelight before she
has to share her grandparents affections! All grown up looking here,
she grabbed some of mummy’s accessories before heading out for a little
shopping.
This time Newgrange farm in Meath – home on holidays to visit Mimi and Dandans (current names for the grandparents, subject to change, on a whim.) Farm itself was a bit rubbish with a laid back farmer manning the gate from his 4X4 letting the cash roll in. Some nice stuff there, weird chickens and stuff, but no signs to explain what breed or anything. Not a patch on the one in Yorkshire last month. Anyway if Sophie was disappointed by the educational shortcomings she was polite enough not to refer to it. Every animal not fast enough to out run her got a “nice hug”.
Helen is now 6 months pregnant and looking great. We thought we’d visit Helen and Marc over the bank holiday weekend and give them an idea what it’s like having a wain running around the place! Here are a few pictures.
Sophie was a little nervous to start with – those pigs are a little bigger than a child might expect! But she got into it pretty quickly, feeding the cows and outrunning the goats.
And taking up basketball. She’ll be wearing hoodies next. Got a bit distracted while she was doing some drawing and gave her just enough time to scrawl all over her arm! Washed off easily but the bathroom was multicoloured for a while.
Granny Ball paid a visit to Hull while I was in Dublin and we all met up in Wakefield with the Yorkshire cousins!
