Austin and the animals

Austin has been bugging me forever to get pictures of the animals for him for school. I took them awhile ago, but can't print them out because our printer is malfunctioning, so I told him I'd try to post them on the blog and then he could have people see them that way... I'm just a little slow getting it all done! So, here's our animals! (At least, some of them...)

Austin with Cassia.

Austin giving Ginger some love.Austin keeping Sage under control for a few seconds.
Sage trying to keep Austin under control.
S'more tasting Austin's hair.

Oreo trying to kiss Austin.

The miniature cows, donkeys, and horses...

Hubby's new toy

Ever since we got our little farm, my hubby has been eyeing the tractors, insisting he needed one in order to properly "work" the place. Well, beginning of April, I quit telling him we couldn't afford one (it didn't really matter what I said anyway... he was still gonna want one until I caved... I didn't cave, I just quit saying no!), so he got his new toy.

Carolynn's sayings

I just thought I'd write down Carolynn's newest phrase before it got forgotten. She's such a cute little bug, and some days, she talks incessantly! Her newest phrase "I did that yesterday!"

"Carolynn, it's time to go to Aunt Sue's." "No, I did that yesterday!"

"Carolynn, time for bed..." "No. I went bed yesterday!"

"Carolynn, let's eat a sandwich." "No, I eat sandwich yesterday!"

"Carolynn, time for your nap." "No, I took nap yesterday!"

"Carolynn, let's go outside." "K, mommy. I get my boots!" She will never turn down an offer to go outside! And she does that everyday the sun's out. In fact, if anyone talks of going outside when she is around, she is ready to go! Here's my little farm girl with her mudboots... ready to go out in the 50 degree weather a couple of weeks ago.

action and excitement

I just had to post this picture... just for the fun of it! As some of you know, my brother, Scott and his wife Lori came up this past weekend from N. Carolina for a visit with their 2 boys Caelin and Chase. They stayed at my parent's house. Apparently, they tuckered my mom right out, cuz when she came over to my house after they left, Mom couldn't keep her eyes open! Either that or my house was just such an exciting place to be... To be honest, Andrew fell asleep, too, and Dad caught a couple winks as well... just not when I pulled out the camera!

It was great to have them come by, and after a short nap we did play a couple games before they had to go. I know she needed it... my house is far from quiet, and she slept thru the noise!

Boys and their Chicks

You know, I'm not sure if I should be happy or not, but my husband has really gotten into checking out the "chicks". And, due to his example and encouragement, each of our boys has developed an enjoyment of this pasttime, as well. I guess things could be worse... they could be ugly chicks, not the cute, fuzzy, peeping kind! Anyway, Mike managed to convince the boys that they all wanted to order a bunch of these adorable little chickens to raise and somehow enjoy, and then, well, I'm not sure what's next. To be honest, my boys didn't really require too much convincing. So Mike ordered several little chicks of the boys' choosing... Michael always liked the cornish bantams (bantam is like a miniature chicken), Josh liked the buff and partridge variety, Rhett wanted some birchens and buffs, Austin wanted barred, and Trevor wanted "little ones that laid colored eggs", also known as aracauna. They are all the bantam variety, so they're little. And, right now, they're cute. Give 'em a couple weeks, and they'll have feathers poking out everywhere, and they won't be cute. I'm really not sure what good they are other than for eating bugs... their eggs are too small to make good eatin'!(unless you have a lot of them for scrambling!) Anyway, the kids are thrilled with the arrival of "their" chicks, so we got a couple pics to share.

Austin with his barred chick...

Trevor with two of the aracaunas...

A variety of the cute, fluffy little guys. Their colors and legs help to tell what kind they are...

And these are the "teenage chicks" As you can see, they've got feathers popping out everywhere like zits and just aren't the cute babies they used to be. They do get better looking as they get older, though! Once again, you can see some color varieties. These chicks we've had for about a month now...