can go all summer) and had a blast. It was beautiful weather and despite the crowds we had a great time. On Tuesday the kids just relaxed and lazed around. On Wednesday we made tie dye shirts and it went surprisingly well. Thursday we played. On Friday we all worked! We did garden prep and worked outside.
Spring also brings new birth - as in baby chicks! Mike has wanted chickens for YEARS! We keep saying we'll buy some hens when he builds a coop, but the coop never gets priority and has never been built. Mike was in the farming supply store on Friday and noticed that they had a deal on chicks - if you buy a giant bag of chicken feed you get 6 free chicks (VA law states you have to buy atleast 6 at a time). So we now have a large bag of food, a feeder, water dish, pine shavings, heat lamp with bulb and a box with 6 chicks! The kids are ecstatic! Mike now has a very real deadline for getting a coop built and we will have fresh eggs soon! I'm excited, but will be even more excited when they aren't living in my house =).
Spring brings gardens! Or it soon will. We are very behind due to cold weather, busy schedules, and a miscommunication with the neighbor that rotatilled our yard. But - all the prep work is done and we will be putting plants and seed in the ground this week! I'm SO excited. I'm excited to have a much bigger space, to be better prepared and to be trying a new method this year. We'll see what happens!
Lots and lots of pictures...
Celeste, Madeline and Lilah on a 'horsey' ride at Busch Gardens
Tie Dying T-shirts
Celeste was 'napping' while we did our shirts right outside her window...
Calvin free-handed his
Apparently one of my gloves had two holes in it. Nice.
Chicks!
Celeste was a little uncertain, but warmed up quickly
Now she is in love with them!
Here is their first home. They've already upgraded to a larger box. All the kids check on them frequently.
Our garden spot. You can see the cardboard and then straw on top. We've got the whole thing covered now. You can also see the large stumps we dug up earlier this year. I'm hoping they are gone soon!
Our family highlight this month is Celeste! She is turning into such a big girl. She may have been slow learning how to talk, but she has caught up fast. It's fun to have conversations with her and to listen to her communicate. She has learned 'high fives' and has picked up on 'too slow' from the kids. She holds her hand up and says 'up high' and then quickly drops it and says 'too slow'. Cutest thing ever! She is finally getting the potty training - she comes and tells me when she needs to go about half the time. The other half is very predictable so we have only had 1 accident in the last 4 days. We are to the point where I will say she is potty trained. Yeah! She loves to dress up, dance, play Barbies, swing outside, put shoes on, and do puzzles. She has also developed opinions about her clothes and it takes a lot longer to get her dressed in the
mornings. She is still a monster!
4 comments:
Love all the pictures and your spring break sounds like it had a good balance of fun, relaxing, and work.
Sounds like a great week. Your tie dye shirts turned out great. I hope you have a successful garden! The chicks are so cute.
fun! love the chicks :)
You are a brave woman to do tie dye all by yourself. They turned out cute. Love that picture of Celeste while she is supposed to be taking her nap.
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