Moseley old hall

Another lovely day out, another old building and fun gardens.
Today we met our lovely friends Kate and co, for a jaunt around Moseley old hall courtesy of Kate's national trust membership- thanks Kate!
We never actually made it inside the hall- who cares when there's mud and woods to explore! We fed chickens and ducks and saw a peacock- they are noisy creatures. Really wanted to take Kate up on the offer of a free chicken coop but darling James would have gone nuts- bird phobia!!! I think me and wills will
Convince him in time- maybe when we are not trying to sell the house though  chicken poo isn't on the wish list of every buyer 
The kids dressed up in 17th century clothes. Chloe looked beautiful as a serving wench and Jordan and L and baby D D all looked swish in theirs too.

I had some brilliant senior moments today- one when I tried to enter the hall through a cupboard- narnia style ahem- slightly embarrassing. And Kate, me and the kids were unable to figure out if an unidentified object was a puff ball fungi or an old sponge ball with lots of dust in it- this remained a mystery unsolved- I wonder! The bookshop man thought we'd gone crazy I think- insisted he was only a book expert- in a kind of 'please stop asking me strange questions and go away' kind of way!
Best bits were the woodland mud kitchen and tree climbing/ den making areas. Did william join in? Do Williams sh*t in the woods? Yes apparently they do! He was otherwise engaged in his business and surveyed the woods alone instead! 

Kate and I did a seed swap in the orchard and we lost the nana in the old house while we chased the kids off into the woods. Sorry kates mum!! 

Great day, even coped with the tired babes at the end- kinda.

The sun tried, but not quite hard enough today- although Kate and I were definitely in the spirit of spring.