Early morning blogging

Little Prince surpassed himself this morning!! He was awake and wriggling and trying to attract attention at 5am!! When he tried to to sneak out of the bedroom at 5.30am, I gave up and joined him downstairs. He's had his Lucky Charms America breakfast lol and is now playing with Lego and tractors, while I try and wake up and write something that makes sense lol.

Yesterday seemed very busy!! Mr Messy and Farm Boy went out for diner breakfast as usual :-) They picked up Farm Boy's friend (who is almost blind and so can't drive) and took him with them. Mr Messy finds this man fascinating as his hobby is collecting Native American artifacts and he has a house stuffed full of them. He also has an old American Army jeep, that the boys including Little Prince, are going playing out in today :-) When they got back we all went out to a Heritage Seed Garden. Drama Teen watched Little Prince on the play equipment while we all mooched around the shops, when we came out I took over supervision duties while everyone else looked round at the gardens. When they'd finished looking my mad friend Cabbage Queen even had a go on the slide!! Then we drove to a small, family owned and run Winery, where we were given a very interesting and amusing tour by one of he family workers. Me and LMS sat on the patio while everyone else went to look at the grapes, we saw a teeny tiny Humming Bird visiting the special feeders set up to attract them. I hadn't realised how tiny they were! We weren't quick enough to get a photo, and Little Prince arrived back soon after, so we didn't see it again! We had lunch at an Americana style diner, where Little Prince discovered he liked Root Beer - much to Daddy's disgust as he didn't get much drink lol. Next we drove over to the Fish Hatchery, hoping to catch a glimpse of the eagles that nest nearby. Little Prince had a great time feeding the fish, although he managed to get his finger bitten by not listening when we told him not to keep putting his fingers in the water!!! We visited a beautiful waterfall, and Drama Teen and Mr Messy had a great time taking photos of it. Little Prince loved throwing stones in the water, until he saw his Dad and Sister start climbing up the side of the waterfall and then he started whinging he wanted to go too!! Not a chance - way too near the water, which seems to act as a magnet to Little Prince!! By this time Little Prince had migrated to our friend's car and was riding with them, and his supplies - Gameboy & games and Comfort Blankie!! Cabbage Queen says he was very well behaved in the car :-) When we got back to the Guest House Little Prince announced he was going to go "Whooping and hollering" a responsibility he takes very seriously lol, he made a LOT of noise! We spent the evening back at the house, Cabbage Queen showed me her collection of old family quilts and embroideries. They were gorgeous, so detailed and its so amazing to think that they were done by hand!! Puts my feeble efforts to shame! We then sat on the porch watching the circling vultures in the distance and hoping to see more Humming Birds. I didn't get to see any before Little Prince decided he was so tired he couldn't last a moment longer, and I took him over to the guest house to bath him and get him ready for bed. He was fast asleep within moments - I think this outdoor life suits him :-)