A Mother's Day weekend – Mummascribbles

Wow, what a weekend I’ve had – it’s got to be up there with the best.

On Saturday we did Mother’s Day for my mum. She knew we were going out but didn’t know where. I picked her up and drove to my sisters and from there we walked the short distance to town. On the way, she said to us, I think I know where we are going. When we asked her she said she thought it was to the cinema to see that hotel film! We didn’t say anything much and carried on walking and she was surprised when she found herself entering Pizza Express for a three course Mother’s Day lunch (it wasn’t actually valid until Sunday but when we phoned to book, they said it was so honoured it – thanks Pizza Express!).

We had a wonderful lunch but time was ticking on and we had plans. I could see that mum was wondering why we were leaving in a rush! It was then that we took her across the road to the cinema to indeed see that hotel film, which of course was The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. It was a brilliant film, just as good as the first one and with another stellar cast. We loved it and had a wonderful day of which sadly I took no photos!

I then got home in time for Zach’s bed time so I could hear about his day out with his daddy, nanny, grandad and cousin. He had a brilliant time of course and the other half was so proud of him for being so well behaved all day

And then came today. We weren’t really sure what to do. Instead of getting me a present, the other half said he’d treat us to a day out. Initially we were going to go to the local wildlife park which we love for its tigers, lions and other awesome animals but it wasn’t really the weather to be outside for the majority of the day. I had a little Google and found a place not far away called Ashlyns Farm Park. It’s a farm, soft play, farm shop and is really reasonably priced – so we went there!

We had such a fantastic time in the soft play for ages along with a little bite to eat. I treated Zach to a chocolate spread sandwich but shouldn’t have bothered – he’s just not into chocolate (***fist pump***). The other half and I shared our scones with clotted cream and jam with him and I had a yummy hot chocolate! Then it was time for more play

And some fun with mummy!

This slide had so much static, I had sparks coming off my feet! Actual sparks!

Once we’d had a couple of hours fun we decided to brave the weather and go outside to the farm. We wandered round and saw goats, llamas, a meerkat, water buffalo, deer, cows and some scary hissing geese!

They even had a reptile house so we saw lizards and snakes and very cleverly, it being the warmest place on the farm, they had a changing unit in there so we could give Zach a new nappy in the warm

We also found the baby barn which was pretty fitting for Mother’s Day – especially the photo of the baby goat feeding!

Some other of my favourite photos from the farm are:

Once we’d spent enough time there having fun, it was time for dinner. There was a harvester a mere 30 seconds from the farm so we headed there and what a yummy time we had!

At the end of all that, someone was worn out!

I had the most wonderful day with the two men in my life and feel like such a lucky mummy. Of course, within all of these photos, I couldn’t leave out the obligatory mummy love ones! Thought I’d save the best til last as they sum up just how I feel!