Madeline and I picked up Leah's 4H chicks on Saturday. They are bantam Silkies. Bantams are much smaller than standard chickens. We bought some from TSC a couple years ago and they are great. They are very friendly and lay eggs pretty regularly. They just aren't real purposeful except for their tiny little eggs. Anyways, they are interesting chickens. They have black skin, 5 hairy toes, and big poofs on their heads (when they are full grown). We now have 10 silkie chicks in our garage. Only 2 or 3 of those will make to the fair to "compete."
Cute eh?
Here they are in their box.
We celebrated Grandma's, Leah's and my cousin's boy, Jaren's birthdays on Saturday. It was fun, but a mad house. We did it at Der Dutchman and there were like 40 of us. Lots of kids, presents, etc., etc. I failed to get any pics. Here's a cupcake I made though for the occasion. It was an orange creamsicle cupcake and very moist. Pretty yummy.
The other night I got a hankering to snap pictures of the 4 little kids and how they sleep. It was pretty funny. Here's Gee with his dino pillow pet, his blankie and Patches, his "goggie." (It is under the blanket). Gideon will often just throw off all his regular covers and ball up under his blankie. He looks so old in this picture to me.
Here's Anna with her blankie (We bought her this blankie at the Brookstone store at the airport on the way to Guatemala. Her's was the original and Gideon's and Asher's followed). She also has a bunch of babies surrounding her that you can't see. We got all the kids electric blanket this year to keep the chill off.
Yes, this is Madeline and yes she is actually sleeping like this.
Asher almost always sleeps on his belly. Usually with tushy sticking way up in the air. He is still in a pack n play in our room/bathroom. This kind of stinks, but he still gets up pretty early and we really don't want him waking the older kids up. I think we are going to stick him up in his crib anyways though and see how it goes.
Look at these beautiful flowers. These are from my most excellent husband. They weren't really even for Valentines Day or anything. He really is the best hubby ever!
I am very much getting ready for spring. It helps when we have these 50 degree days. I am starting to think about my garden and livestock stuff. Tomorrow we are having our cattle delivered. YEAH! We have been working on attaining these for months now. They are Ancient White Parks and are a really cool heritage breed. I am so excited about getting these. We are getting 4 bred heifers, so we will have babies in a couple/few months. We are also really getting our 4H stuff going. I am going to help advise this year, so I have to do some training, etc.
Like usual, life is busy, but good and blessed!
Julie
Julie
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