Lots of work and fun adventures in May on the farm. We have ducklings, kittens, rabbit kits, and chicks hatching next week. The crops are shooting up and so are the weeds. We have had a Family Weeding Day each of the last two Fridays and we could use another one soon. The kids opted for Cafe Rio dinner for one week's reward and Chinese food the following week.
Lucky Ducky little A has a brilliant older brother who made this cardboard tractor with him during his "Andy watching" time.
Brother S planned a campout with our local W family friends for his birthday experience. He made the grocery list and we bought all the things that he planned out (hot dogs, thin steak burgers, s'mores, chips, root beer, watermelon, water guns, and glow sticks). They had a lot of fun playing Ghosts in the Graveyard, jumping on the trampoline and telling stories in their tents. "It went by way too fast." was the only complaint. Our friends taught us how to make banana split s'mores. Baby A inhaled 2 of them.
Follow-up from our last post when we hung the lights in the high tunnel -- here they are all lit up.
Perfect for late night gardening.
We made a trip to Lancaster focused on visiting herbal and medicinal plant greenhouses. It was wonderful! At least I had a lot of fun looking at all of the unique plants.
Baby A discovered the joy of sticking his head out the sun roof.
And, we came home from Lancaster with three 3 week old kittens. They need a lot of TLC (their mama stopped feeding them) and we are bottle feeding them. I knew my neighbor was looking for some and we are just fostering them for him until they can all drink out of a dish and start eating more independently.
We did our first "hay mowing" of the year. The grass was so long! We filled both corners of our hayloft with the dried front yard grasses. I put the backyard grass around the potato plants to "hill" them.
Baby A turned 3! He picked out a cake mix and candle.
These are the things that he told us to put on his cake :) He has strong opinions about what he wants and how he wants them.
Grandmama made him this strawberry tractor shirt, just like his favorite cartoon show. He wore it to his Tractor Store date with daddy.
He had lots of presents from his siblings and had a fun shopping trip to the John Deer store.
He loves to hide and seek for toys. We found some Easter Eggs filled with mini trucks and hid them in the library for him to hunt. There were 12!
Hubby and I are teaching a Youth Sunday School class together. We have been bringing "furry" treats instead of food treats for kids who remember to bring their scriptures. It has been a little distracting during the lessons, but so much fun. I am guessing it is pretty memorable for the kids. So far we brought ducklings two weeks ago and kittens today. Bunnies or chicks will be next.
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