Slimbridge!

On Sunday, we went to Slimbridge Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust Nature Reserve. It was rainy and even foggy at home but was warm and pleasant weather at Slimbridge! We all enjoyed the break from DIY.

After playing inside in the ball pit, we went outside to look at the birds. Isla signed 'birds' to Andrew to make sure he knew what theses creatures are! Isla loved watching the geese waddling around, and also watching Andrew feed them by hand.

We went into 'Wellyland' where there are bridges, slides, a roundabout and a stream for little ones to play on.

After a while in Wellyland, we went back to the important business of feeding the geese. They are mostly Greater White-fronted geese. They are very friendly but a bit bossy to each other with lots of hissing and honking going on amongst them! We fed them grain, which Isla liked scattering and throwing for the birds.

 She wanted to feed all of them, even those far away!

The nicest geese to feed are the Nenes - they are Hawaiian geese and are the rarest species of goose in the world. They are very gentle when they feed from your hand and are a bit timid and scared of the white fronted geese.

Isla tried to catch a goose! Luckily she had her lead attached.

When we got home, Isla had turned into a pirate! (complete with peg leg). We watched some horse jumping (? cross country? something like that) on t.v. and Isla found it hilarious that the horses were jumping!! She copied them and jumped around the living room.

On Monday, we had a very busy day but only one photo to show for it. Here, Isla is holding the courgette that we picked from the garden and ate with sausage and pasta for dinner! We went to Tumble Tots this morning, where they have different obstacles and soft blocks for the toddlers to climb on. Isla learnt how to climb up a small ladder and jump on a little trampoline! She enjoyed it a lot and we will definitely go back. We also visited her friend Lily, and so Isla got to play with some different toys and chatter with her little friend. After her nap, and an inspection of the inevitable flooding that occurred during installation of the bathroom while we were out, we had a speedy supermarket trip in the scorching 21 degrees! Isla had her bath in the new bath that evening.