Kiki's Horsie Birthday!

The evening before Kiki's birthday we spotted a cloud rainbow. It was so bright, much brighter than this photos shows.
Kiki said that she wanted a horsie birthday. Having family staying with us at the time meant that I didn't have that much time to prepare for her birthday.
I made her some mini horse jumps as she loves pretending that she is a horse.
And they worked perfectly with the crocheted hobby unicorn I made for her.


Big sister giving her gift. Brandon wasn't around in the morning as he went wild camping the night before.


Her own stable! Let's hope that she won't keep sneaking in to play with Kristin's stables now :)

and her very own horses. Again with hope that she will stop stealing her sister's horses.



Lazy unicorn cake. I really wish that I had had more time to work on this cake as it literally took 15 minutes to decorate. Kiki still loved her despite all her imperfections.

Horseshoe oat biscuits


On her birthday she got to have a pony experience.
Working with Gran to plat the mane.


Mucking out





She kept on asking to trot and gallop :) and asking to ride on her own, without the rope being held.
Back home, beautiful weather perfect for playing with the unicorn and a braai (barbecue)








In a horse-filled dream world :)

Castleton

It's been a while since we last visited Peveril castle, last year I think, so we made the trip out there. On the way we passed a well dressing and had to stop for a closer look.
It is made out of natural materials - petals, leaves etc all placed in clay.
The river next to the car park where the children love to throw leaves and sticks and watch them float down stream. You can just about see the castle at the top of the hill, just to the left of the tree.

In the little museum. Emergency chocolate....hmmm great idea!



In the shop, the kids found a book about all the chicken breeds :)
We meandered through Castleton.

and stopped to say hi to the ducks
before climbing the hill to the castle

Rolling down the hill




Back down the hill, ice cream, then home.