Hagley Farm School

Yesterday we went and visited Hagley Farm School for their 160th year celebrations.

The school was established in 1855 and as Hagley is set right in the middle of a large farming area, it hosts about 340 students from the area.

They have the original school room set up as it would have been 160 years ago, which was great for the children to explore and have a turn at writing from the ink wells.

Some of the other old buildings had museum displays, such as old farm machinery, old home wares, and even an old general store.

We hopped on a the tractor ride which took us around the grounds, and all the schools animals, such as deer, donkeys, alpacas, pigs, geese, calves and many many more. 

We enjoyed the sausage sizzle and devonshire teas,

played on the many playgrounds, 

Fed the friendly donkeys and stayed back from the spitting alpacas!

It was great to listen to some of the older visitors talk about their time at the school and how their days differed to ours. Perfect for Poppy who is studying the 'olden days' at school at the moment.

What did you get up to this weekend?

xx

Portraits

 

Alexis - 

The youngest in our family, she keeps us all on our toes, she often tells me her plan is to be "crazy for the day", and she is just that. I don't know how my girl can function off so little sleep and she is always "huuuuuunnnngry", she would out-eat anyone in our family, It's like she sees our enormous fruit bowl as a challenge each day and slowly works through it. She is a real "Dad's girl" and squeals with excitement when he comes home of an evening.

Likes: Dancing, horses, mandarins, singing, sausages, mister maker.

Dislikes: Cake, chocolate, sleeping, having her hair done, driving up steep hills.

Rory -

My cuddle little boy, he tells me he loves me and smothers me in cuddles about a million times a day, he loves to wrestle with his poor sisters, play cars for hours and sleep, boy does he love to sleep, he only needs to look at the car to fall asleep and is always the first to sleep of a night and the last to get up. Rory is the best sharer in our family, if he was given one treat and one of the girls asked for it, he would give it away without any question.

Likes: Puzzles, cars, hats, blackberry jam, yogurt, paw patrol, sleeping.

Dislikes: Sweet potato, sitting still, late nights, juice.

Poppy -

My grown up girl, she recently lost her front tooth and I can't look at her as my little girl anymore, she looks so much more grown up, I feel like I hardly ever see her, with sleep overs with friends, school, parties and extra activities our time together has changed dramatically since it was her and I at home every day just a few years ago. She loves to cuddle, have one on one time with everyone and could not be a better big sister to those pesky little twins, who are constantly getting into her things. 

Likes: Sushi, dresses, motorbikes, dancing, reading, maths, writing.

Dislikes: Going to bed, getting out of the shower, sausages, jeans, the twins getting in to her room.

Ashlea, Beau and Hugo

I recently completed this gorgeous couples maternity session.

Their beautiful pup Hugo also joined in on the action, and was the perfect model. I can not wait to find out if it's a baby boy or baby girl in that beautiful bump. 

Good luck with the last few weeks of pregnancy Ashlea. x