Memorial Day 2014

God Bless our Troops

Projects around the farm

Steve and his dad have been undertaking a bunch of projects around our place.

The new tarp roof is now up on the tree house

A new summer coop has been framed into the barn for the young hens and turkeys

We got the lawn furniture out of winter storage

Here is one of the young turkeys

These are the old hens.  We're leaving the garden fallow this year, so the hens have the run of the fenced in garden plot.

Steve and his dad have framed in a massive overhead grape arbor behind the garage

Today they put a wash sink in the utility room.  Nathan approves.

May Family Photos

Julia at Grandma K's Birthday

Petra beside our beautiful flowers

Me

Paul holding a Rhode Island Red Hen

Nathan helping feed the chicks

Steve taking a Sunday break

Zoo in Spring

A chilly morning - the zoo's tulips were in full glory

No trip to the zoo would be complete without pretending we are being eaten by the alligator statue

We did spend some time looking at real animals.  Honest.

We had a fun time at the zoo.  It was so nice to have the older 3 bring their backpacks to carry their own snacks and jackets.
Nathan seemed to enjoy seeing the manatees.  We liked going to the theater at the zoo this time.  Petra was enchanted by some penguins.  Fun day.

Mudpuddle 2.0

Paul June 2006

Nathan May 2014

Little Fishy

A poem for Nathan, composed by Julia and Mommy.
Sung to the tune of "The Itsy Bitsy Spider"

The itsy bitsy fishy swam 'round the fishy tank
Nobody cleaned it, and so the fish tank stank.
Out came the scrub brush and cleaned up all the gunk.
Then the itsy bitsy fish tank no longer stunk.

Nathan!

Nathan at 18mo is about 26 lbs (11.8kg).

His wiggly, fussy, what-are-you-doing-to-me head to heal length is ~32 inches.

His favorite words are 

bah  (ball, balloon, anything else semi-spherical and brightly colored)

mommy

daddy (daddy or doggy)

boh (bottle, chicken think bok, bok, bok)

vrmm  (car, truck, anything with a motor)

His likes are

bottles

finger painting with food

running outside

splashing (anything)

Turnoffs are

water in the eyes

somebody else in parent's lap

holding still for diaper changes