Happenings in the Kids' Words + Kent's Birthday

Kent turned 6! He got a hammock swingy thing. He also got a R/C monster truck that he can drive in the pool! Though maybe it shouldn't be driving excessively in the pool. 

Kent loves Minions so he asked for a minion cake. 

Evan blessed the cake with sneeze.

Evan likes to roller blade. Evan: "I love it! I love roller skating! It's so fun!"

We occasionally get critters in the catio. Taft: I looked out the window of the catio and what did I see? Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaa ummmmmm a um haha hahahahahahahahahahahaha uhh opossum eating cat food on a windy tree.

Joel and Taft put the chickens to bed almost every night. Taft took this stellar picture of Joel looking pained while putting the chickens to bed.

Taft: I climbed up the climbing wall and got up on the beam and then Evan climbed the climbing wall. 

Evan: Taft was doing a little puppet show up on the climbing wall. Taft was saying Evan can do it!

Kent: I lost my tooth - good bye!

Evan: That's Dad with the tractor. Look at that hay ring! Dad moved the hay bale. And the hay ring was not lined up. 

(Oops...don't worry, it was unstuck and the hay was ringed.)

 

Imaginings

 These are normal days. I love our children take time to dress up or not get dressed at all. To play. To make up stories and imagine things.

We started school again this week. There is nothing that gets my kids to be scarce more than the idea of starting school again. But they had a good time. Joel has these gloves on and he said, "I look so cool in these gloves." Joel also set up a little camp fire bed on the living room floor. So many games and imaginings. These are the things that bring us joy in life. 

Animal Happenings

Taft likes to take pictures with the animals. Blinky and Taft - a selfie! Apparently Blinky eats bark or is smokin' a cigar.

Chicken in the sun!

Chickens in Love...not romantically as they are both Hens.

All of the above photo credits go to Taft.

We got an egg with a double yolk! Also featured is my sour dough starter - look how bubbly and beautiful. It's kind of an animal in and of itself...a little bossy sometimes, too.

Some of the younger chickens get out of the fence and forget how to get back in. Taft found a couple of them roosting in the tack room!

The next night he found the same rooster roosting on the gator roof!

Taft loves the animals most especially. He has trained our three original chickens to come to the door. One walked right in the other day and went to the office where Taft was to say hello (ok, fine, Alyssa led her there). They really are fun though!