Easter Babies

Today the weatherman said it would rain. Luckily he was wrong and so we woke to blue skies and the warmest day yet. Little Bun had wanted to visit her favourite ever place for her birthday, Easton Farm. She was desperate to see all the baby animals that had been born. With her well again we thought today was the perfect day, all very Eastery seeing chicks and lambs.

Just as you pass through the picture perfect village before the farm there are a few of these Tots TV cottages. I always wonder who lives here and imagine them living the most idyllic fairytale life.

Easton Park Farm was one the Model Farms built in the late C19th for rich landowners to play at farmer, now many years later it is an educational farm. We absolutely love coming here as we can touch and feed all the animals, walk around the 32 acres of woodland and fields, make a wish in the fountain and just feel genuinely happy to be here.

Lots of the animals were still pregnant, but many had given birth to the most beautiful babes. The photos are a bit blurry as I didn't want to use a flash and frighten them. This pygmy goat with her three young ones melted us. We have wanted pygmy goats for a while now and seeing these little ones meant we already had the hut mentally built in our garden for them.

Easter chicks.

This pair were having a quiet parental moment together. They had buried their kittens under the straw.

Day old guinea pigs.

This pair had given up on the milk and just chucked themselves straight in the foodbowl.

After seeing all these beauties we went for a fantastic walk around fields of sheep. Little Bun was in heaven as she absolutely adores sheep (or Betty's as they are called by her). Mr Bun and I dared to call a pair of sheep a bit maingey looking and got told off for being rude to them followed by a long hard stare.

Before going home the buns milked Mildred a very easy going cow.

When we got in I thought we had better get a bit of easter baking done. So we opted for Brownies and biscuits so we could use our easter cookie cutters. For plain biscuits the Bun's love these ones from Apples for Jam. Before anything happens I need my glasses so I can actually read the recipe and we can get baking.

We've already eaten far too many and feel a bit sick. How are we going to fit any eggs in?

Wishing you a lovely Easter.