Intro Post

Hi guys,
I'm writing this post to just say that a big post is coming up...it's a post about our Christmas trip!
Anyway, I'm sorry it's taking so long. I hope you'll bear with me!
Keep checking the blog, guys 😊
Val xx

Lambing Day

Hi everyone! I'm very sorry I haven't posted in a long time. I've been putting it off and putting it off and putting it off...
but here is a post to make up for it!
So my Aunt Colleen and Uncle Jamie came to see us for a day or two, and we decided to go to a lambing farm to see the newborns. It was an amazing experience!

The lambs with red numbers on them were twins or triplets, and the blue numbers were just one lamb. The lambs and the mommy sheep in the same family had the same numbers, to keep track of them.

Aren't they cute?!

Some lambs were yellow because of the iodine. (they used it sometimes to clean the lambs and to help stop any sickness spreading)

The pen where the two lambs are is for the more grown-up lambs.

Awwwww!!

Oh..hello, mommy sheep..!

This one was trying to get milk!!

And here are some sleepy lambs.

I tried to get a video, but it didn't work....

so, see ya next time!

Val xx

A Birdwatching Day

On Feb 6, Wednesday, at 8:15 AM, we went birdwatching at a friend's house. It was an absolutely AMAZING experience. I'll share some pictures now...

Here are all of us watching out of the window...(that's where we saw the birds)

It had snowed overnight, so outside was beautiful!!!

I think snow on trees in the sunlight is just glorious, don't you?

they had a huge garden, with a river at the bottom!!!

Here's David...

Everything looked so pretty in the sun.....

More snow on trees and bushes...

I love snowdrops too...I couldn't resist!!

Then we started to see some birds...

Here is a male siskin,

Here's a robin,

Here's another male siskin,

Here's a mistlethrush 

And these look like two female siskins (the males have black on their heads, but the females don't)

Here's the mistlethrush again,

Look at all the siskins!!!

This is what we saw out of the window.

Here is a tiny coal tit:

Then we started seeing bullfinches. This is a female - males have more reddish coloring on their fronts.

We even saw a songthrush!!!!!

Here's a male bullfinch! Notice the bright red coloring on his front..

Here's another male bullfinch next to..what is it?? I can't figure out what kind of bird is next to him..maybe a female bullfinch?? Or a long-tailed tit...can you figure it out?

This male siskin looked amazingly bright yellow in the sunlight..

Here are a male bullfinch and a robin picking up the remnants of the seeds that the siskins have dropped down...did you know that siskins have such tiny beaks that they can only eat the tip of a sunflower seed? They drop the rest down!!

Left to right:

Male blackbird, female blackbird.

I love bullfinches :)

Here are some videos now...

As we drove home, I got this lovely picture of these yellow crocuses - They're almost the same color as the siskins!!!

And some cool pictures of the snow in our garden!!!

Anyway,

it was a very fun day ;)

Val xx

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hey guys,

So, it's finally 2018!!!
Can you believe it?!?!?
I bet you all have some crazy new year's resolutions you've made.
I do!
Well anyways,
I hope you all have a very, very happy crazy new year 😊
Val xx

A Funny Video

Hi y'all,
just wanted to share this funny video with you!!! It's a video of my younger brother Jim singing a song he made up about his new Nerf gun he got for Christmas. (He REALLY loved it)
Go to this link to watch it.
See ya later,
Val xx

Peninsula Christmas Party

So yesterday we all went to the annual Peninsula (Dad's work) Christmas Party in Manchester.
It was very snowy!!!
We went in the train, because Dad took the car, as he was going to a "Men's Breakfast" - a church thing for men.
It was all very exciting!!!!!!
Now I'll show you some pictures...

It was snowy that day, as you can see here.

And when we got there, there was FREE candyfloss!!!!!

Then we went to pet the animals.

There was a snake,

A meerkat,

A lizard 

And even an owl!!!

We all took it in turns to hold and pet the owl.

Even Mommy!!

She was absolutely beautiful.

And we petted the meerkat too.

Mom and Dad definitely enjoyed it!!!

Notice the meerkat looking into Dad's face, puzzled, as he pretends to be a meerkat!!!

It looked so chilled out and cute!

Then we went to Santa's Grotto.

He gave us all presents, of which mine and David's were the same..!

Then we went and had our picture taken sitting in a wooden sleigh with a real (coughing!!) reindeer!!!

I got my face glittered, and got a unicorn tattoo!

(sorry I don't have a picture of it but if I took one now it wouldn't be that good as the tattoo is already coming off..!)

And finally, we went in a big snowglobe to take our pictures.

Well...phew!! It was an amazing experience, and I hope we can go next year...

See ya,

Val xx