I'm a bit behind with my updates been feeling a bit run down the last couple of days, but feeling better today, only about 39 hours till i see pickle :) Issy slept from 9pm till 9am guess she needed it, after breakfast we did the rounds feeding the animals pickle wanted to see if there were any eggs to collect so we went to the chickens first and she got 2 eggs from them,after feeding, Issy turned sugar out, after putting sugar in the paddock she helped me muck out pickle was so funny when she saw the poo she was saying OMG she couldn't believe the size of the poos it was quite cold and looked like it would rain so we went to the amusement park down the road it has a huge indoor play area with a massive slide first pickle went on the bouncy castle then she asked me to go down the slide with her, pickle screamed it was so fast and the first thing she said at the bottom was i want to do it again, i think we went down it about 6 times before she wanted to try something else, so we went on the merry go round then the trampolines the train, even crazy golf we were having a great time even if it was a bit cold, we stayed at the park till it closed, then went home we had tea then did the feed the animals round, pickle still had the sniffles she had when i picked her up from nursery and i could see she was tired so she put on her PJs and we watched the aristo cats for the 20th time lol she fell asleep by 8:30pm i stayed in bed to just hoping the sun would make an appearance on Sunday....

its late and I'm tired i put pickle to bed at 8:30pm and fell asleep with her as usual, just woke up and went out to feed the animals and wanted to do a quick blog up date before going back to bed, pickle met sugar today the look on her face was priceless, Issy went over to say hello and sugar walked over to her, pickle had a huge smile on her face and asked if she could stroke sugar i said yes of course then it was so cool to see, pickle was totally confident she went into the paddock stroked sugar and led him around on a rein, ill finish up for now, going back to bed but will add more tomorrow and post pics.... got to Issy's nursery 15 minutes early so thought i would sit in the car and wait, i was watching Issy play when Katie Issy's teacher spotted me and pointed me out to Issy so i went over and Katie said to Issy lets go and let daddy in, inside pickle gave me a big hug and Katie said to her have you got the card you made for fathers day, Issy got the card and gave it to me she told me that she had drawn me, her and sugar i had forgotten it was almost fathers day so i had a lump in my throat when i gave pickle a kiss and said thank you, we both said good bye to Katie and set off home of course the first thing pickle wanted to do when we got back was go and meet sugar so we went straight down to the stable after they met and said there hello's we went in side and had tea then we went back out side pickle wanted to see Sophie and Ellie, fizz and pepper, then the crazy chickens and dolly, billy and gruff oh and Morris who has recovered well from his accident, we went back down to the stables said hello to Angie before going over to sugar i asked pickle if she would like to ride on sugar, she nodded her head with a big smile on her face so i saddled up sugar and put Issy on, i led sugar round the paddock with Issy in the saddle she was so natural, i loved watching her enjoying ridding her pony....

what a great day, Issy's pony arrived this morning bought over by the young girl that had owned him and her mum there were a few tears as they said good bye but they were happy that his new home was nice and that he would be loved and looked after, the meeting between Angie the horse and the new pony went well witch was a relief, after i was sure he was happy in his new home i set off for Sheffield to meat the head mistress of a school i was viewing to see if it was somewhere Issy would like to go to school, it turned out to be every thing i could have asked for i spent an hour with the head and i was very impressed, i think Issy will love it there as the pupils get to do ballet every week oh and the uniform is pink, when i got back i spent the afternoon with sugar getting to know him i cant wait till Issy meets him on Friday, after feeding sugar and putting him in his stable for the evening i fed all the other animals, made my own tea and am now on the sofa watching TV with Morris the Yorkie laying next to me..

Saturday morning "daddy wake up" whaaaat "daddy wake up" "ok pickle i'm awake" pickle just couldn't wait to put on her costume, so there was no way i was being allowed to lay in bed today, nanny managed to keep pickle occupied for a bit she made breakfast then got Issy to have a bath but pickle was determined to put her pink fairy costume on, so nanny got the bag and dressed pickle up she looked gorgeous like a fairy princess, and only 2 hours to go before the party, as we arrived we saw a bouncy castle in the garden with loads of kids playing on it, Issy wanted to see Jacob to say happy birthday so we went in side Jacob was wrapped in bandages he was a mummy, there was a disco and tables set out with food and a lady doing tattoos Issy picked a tattoo of a horse and asked for it to be pink, after having her tattoo done Issy played on the bouncy castle then played pass the parcel and musicale statues pickle was having so much fun dancing with auntie Sarah she didn't stop in time when the music stopped, all the kids had a great time and when Jacobs birthday cake was bought out they all sang happy birthday, it was a beautiful sunny day so when we got back to Nanny's pickles friend Jamie-lee was playing in the garden next door, Issy asked if she could go over and play with her, later we all went round to uncle Ritchie's to watch the England game I'm not really into football so me and pickle played in the garden on the swings and slide then nanny cooked pizza and dough balls for us and bought them out to us, the football was on quite late so i told nanny i was taking pickle back and she said she would come with us pickle wanted to go straight to bed so did i, she always asks me to look after her that means put my arm around her in bed, i think we were both asleep in minutes and we both slept till gone nine the next morning, pickle played with Jamie-lee for a bit before we headed off on our journey back up north Issy got upset as she didn't want to leave Nanny's so nanny gave her a big kiss and cuddle and told her she would see her soon...

Got to pickles nursery about 20 minutes early she was just finishing her dinner as i walked into her classroom, Issy's face when she saw me melted my heart the smile was huge she got up from her seat and ran to me throwing her arms around my neck we hugged and cuddled, Issy said bye bye to her friends and the teachers and we went out to the car and set off down south, we were making good time until we reached the last 20 miles of the M1 then it slowed all the way to M25 and that was just as bad so pickle watched the aristo cats on the DVD player, when we got there nanny was there to greet us she knew exactly what Issy wanted to see and pulled out a bag with a pink fairy costume in it pickle was so excited she opened the bag and jumped up and down she wanted to put it on straight away but nanny said we have to get ready for auntie Roxanne's birthday meal so nanny gave pickle a bath then pickle chose her pink dress with hearts on it, nanny, Liz, Sarah, Jacob, Joe, James, Keith, Karen, Annabelle, dick, lau, Si, Roxanne, pickle and me all met at the restaurant and had a nice meal we all sang happy birthday to rox when the cake was bought to the table, pickle was pretty tired so was i so we went straight to bed when we got home looking forward to Jacobs birthday fancy dress party..

All packed,getting ready to go get pickle, we are heading straight down to Nanny's, in time to go out for a meal for auntie Roxanne's birthday then Jacobs party Saturday I've made sure the video camera is charged ready for the party :)

Dropping Issy off today has hit me hard, Its been so great having two extended weekends with her it has felt like she lives with me and that is what i would like more than i can say, more than anything in the world, we have so much fun together and the bond we have is so strong but its difficult only having Issy part time, i hope this week goes quickly and i can pick her up from nursery and head back down to Nanny's for Jacobs birthday party on Saturday its going to be a fancy dress party with about 20 kids, Issy has told me what costume she wants so ill get it during the week, there will be face painting and a tattoo artist, not real tattoos just spray on ones, pickle is so looking forward to the party and i cant wait to see her having fun to.

Had a great day with pickle at Epsom Derby, it was the first time she has seen horses racing she loved watching them as they flew by us, we spent most of the day at the fun fair pickle cant get enough of fair rides she often says she wants them to go faster, she had a go on the tea cup ride and a TV presenter wanted to do an interview with someone on the ride at the same time pickle was on it, they asked if i would mind as Issy would probably be in shot and would be up on the big screens around the race track and possibly on TV i said it was OK and Issy waved to the camera each time she passed it, we are back at Nanny's now having tea dough balls and pizza Jacob is here to, I'm thinking pickle will be ready for bed soon she looks tired i am to so early night for me to. its a long drive back tomorrow,

I got to pick Issy up early this weekend, i love the school holidays as i get to spend more time with pickle, on the way home we stumbled across an amusement park near to our house so we stopped and went in side, we only had an hour before it closed but that was enough time to go on several rides and to see that it was a great place to visit when pickle is with me, Friday morning we set of down to Nanny's, i tried a new route that didn't turn out so well luckily pickle slept for a large part of the drive, when we arrived nanny was waiting Issy ran to her giving nanny a big hug and telling nanny she loved her a million pound and had missed her, we dropped off our bags and grabbed pickles swimming costume and towel and went round to Annabelle's and auntie Karen's the girls played in the paddling pool in the garden all afternoon it was such a beautiful sunny day, after we all went to a restaurant and uncle Richie and Roxanne and Si came to, its Derby day at Epsom so I'm taking pickle to see the horses and the fun fair then later Sarah is coming over with Jacob,

its my birthday today and I'm so glad pickle was able to spend the morning with me before i had to drop her off with mummy, we have had such a great time together this weekend and i know i will see her again in a few days but it is so difficult saying bye bye to my princess and i know it wont ever get any easier, it is so quiet now that pickle, nanny, Jacob and Sarah are no longer here i feel a bit lost but i have a lot of jobs to keep me occupied I've got some pony's to view and a few projects around the farm, i get to pick Issy up a day early this week as its school holidays, I'm going to take her to Alton towers before taking her to Nanny's for the weekend she is looking forward to seeing Annabelle, James and Keith and the rest of the family, i love you and miss you pickle, cant wait to see you Thursday,