A lovely little boy who I care for frequently is travelling soon on a very exciting holiday with his grandparents.

Today was his last day with us for a few weeks.

We went again to our favourite farm park and cuddled guinea pigs and a pregnant mouse “with a tickly tail”.

We all had a hand-warming go at milking a very sweet, patient and tough-uddered goat.

A large group of nursery aged children with their carers made quite a contrast to the three of us.

The troop of nursery children had to be shooed on, open-mouthed, as they filed past the large trampoline that my two boys were leaping around on - full of envious desire to join in their bare-footed, bouncing fun.

We did have an ‘incident’ in the café though – when one of my mischievous boys suddenly decided to attempt to drink from a pepper shaker and then wiped his eyes in his peppery sleeve.

Let’s just say he won’t be trying that trick again in a hurry.

Nothing beats learning from your own mistakes!