"Dinosaurs live far far away because they are dead...and who killed them?" Such began the bedtime conversation tonight with Elias. I love seeing how his mind is developing and how he interacts with the world and how these interactions play out in his thinking.
Its been a busy month--mostly because of the nice weather we've been graced with (though Dustin keeps reminding me that there ARE places in the USA where the weather is nice 6 + months out of the year).
Our ducks have started laying eggs! We get one almost every day now.
The chickens "roost", meaning that if I leave their pen door open with the ramp down, they will go up the ramp and into their pen on their own at night! I LOVE this feature with chickens! I still have to herd the ducks, which tonight involved chasing Pogo up and down our yard three times trying to catch her. I now feel less guilty about not having a regular exercise routine.
And today I received a call from the Post Office letting me know that our new chicks were in and to come pick them up--16 of them. They were inside a 10x10x5 inch box with holes in it and peeping VERY loudly. I've secretly always wanted to order chicks by mail. They are about a day old and both male and female. Our garage is a gabarn again. The chicks that turn out to be hens we will keep as layers, the ones that turn out to be roosters will meet their fate at the Rudolph Poultry Guillotine approximately 10 weeks from today--then into the freezer with 'em. Yes, we are again going to attempt to grow our own meat. Yes, I remember that it did not go as well as hoped with Ping, the duck. We have a plan this time (we had a plan last time, too).
I've decided that a blog for me is sort of like an electronic scrap-book (minus the expense and the mess) mixed with a journal for me to look back on and reflect upon. I have a journal too (several, actually, that I take turns writing in--I think journaling is an art that I'm not very good at and I have thrown out many a page where I am simply ranting and complaining maliciously). But here's to the "log" part of blog:
A log of the week of 8-9-2008 - 8-15-2008
Saturday 8/9/2008--Went to the Mariners Game with Elijah and Makaio
Sunday-went to church as a family at Oikos Fellowship
Monday-went to the Lynden Fair with the Tarrell clan, Gigi, Mom, Deena and Berna
Tuesday-can't remember-oh yes, recouperated from the Fair, family movie night (Nim's Island)
Wednesday-Weekly grocery shopping trip to Fred Meyer together as a family, swam at Gram's
Thursday-Picked blueberries while kids played at Aunt Deena's house w/ Sunny, Caden Saylor
& Lucy; later went to pool where The Kheriaty's work so that we could swim w/ Dustin--Elias dove off the diving board several times
Friday-Met Amia @ Zuanich Park to play, picked up chicks from post office, swam at Gram's
What a wonderful week full of fun with people that we love so much!
