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We used to live almost next door to the Tropical butterfly house and so I spent a lot of time there with my eldest.  She knows where we are going when we pull into the street and gets excited asking for the butterflies.

I wanted to spend my last day of MAT leave here as it has such wonderful memories for me with the girls and its not too far away.  My sister came out for the day too and my eldest loved having the attention of her Auntie for the day.

As soon as we enter the butterfly house my eldest runs to watch the crocodiles

crocodiles

I love trying to find the bats

bats

and the iguana, who decided to leap right over my head.  The picture is mid leap

iguana

I was a little scared the iguana would either not make the distance of the jump or the branch he jumped to would be a little unstable.  All seemed fine and luckily no iguana ended up on my head.

There are loads of animals to find in the butterfly house, 

watchingbird


fish

butterflyparrot

My youngest also took lots of time practising her walking skills



There are lots of other animals to see outside the butterfly house

lyingchicken


duckporcupine

The girls even had time to play outside

diggerscooter


It was a lovely day out and a great way to end my MAT leave.  The girls had a lot of fun with their Auntie

Auntie

This day I love the butterflies 
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It has been rather a mixed day today.  The girls are still rather unsettled at night meaning my total sleep for last night amounted to 2 hours, and that was not all in one go.  With my zombie like state I felt like doing rather little today, but knew for the girls sake we needed to at least get out the house.

We took our dog for a short walk, as he is not very well at the moment.  My youngest fell asleep the second she got in the pram and my eldest chattered away with me telling me all the things she could see.  It was great to be out with them both and a wonderful way to start the new year.

Once we returned home my youngest, for reason known only to herself, decided to test out her balancing skills.  She crawled to the sofa and pulled to standing.  She promptly removed one hand and turned round whilst holding to the sofa with the other, she then let go.  With both hands up in the air by her head she grinned, wobbled for about 10 seconds and then fell down.  She thought this was so much fun that she kept doing it for about 20 minutes.  I was a nervous wreck every time she did it.  

After she had finished doing this she wanted to play with her 'bop and roll' which she absolutely loves.  I just love the concentration on her face as she hits the balls in the hole and watches them whizz round

Bop and roll

My eldest was in a crafty mood and kept asking to stick things, as she waved a glue stick at me.  So we used the left over sweet wrappers from last nights celebrations to make a 2013 sign.

sweet wrapper picture
2013


 I have stuck this picture on the side of our fridge and then any pictures she does this year will go around this year picture.  I think the sweet wrappers give it a great textured looked.  

We also made a crocodile and a cow which I am rather proud of

crocodile and cow

After a zombie like start to the morning I am rather proud with what we have achieved today, and hope the girls have a much better night sleep

This day I love Crocodile, Cow and sweet wrappers.

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My name is Leyla, also known as Mum to my 3 humans and dog Mum to J. I have a passion for the outdoors and love to run. I can often be found off road exploring the trails and fells and covering distances all the way up to 50 miles. As a family we love travelling and discovering new adventures, as I try and run around the world!

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