Thursday April 26

Over the last week, Porter has taken on the chore of gathering the eggs.

He has to check for the first time after we get back from taking Elsie to school.

There are never any eggs at that time.

He checks again when we get back from picking Elsie up.

No eggs again.

He checks one last time just before the big girls come home from school....

And jackpot!

He is great to carry them in by himself....although after this picture, he did trip and break one.

But he did save the other two, so good job buddy :)

He grabs the stool and washes them at the sink and gets them put away in the fridge.

I am so happy I took these pictures today.........

Cause when Dad came home, he told us he had to take them to work to give to a guy there.

See, it is a big chore to introduce new chicks with full grown hens.

And because there is an actual 'pecking' order with chickens.....the chicks could end up getting pecked on bad....and could cause death.

And it is something we don't want to worry about.

So Dad found a good home for them along with the cute little hen house he made them.

The kids said their good byes....

I know this picture of Elsie Rose just breaks your heart.

It breaks my heart.

She was very sad to see the big chickens go.....

But this little face was also fueled by exhaustion.

So don't go thinking we are horrible parents for taking a girls chickens away.

Just look at those big brown eyes and that bottom lip :(

Cassi just loved these hens.

But she understands....and in completely in love with the little chicks.

So she is cool with it.

Port is gonna have to wait a little while before he can pick up his 'egg gathering' chore again.

But I can find plenty of other chores for him to do :)

Madi wasn't ever very fond of the chickens anyway.....she isn't as much of an animal lover as Cassi is.

She didn't NOT like them.....she just didn't want to crawl into the chicken pen with them the way Cassi did :)

BUT....Madi is a FANTASTIC chore girl.

Every morning, without me even reminding her, she heads out early to make sure the chickens and the chicks are fed and watered and that Mater has food and water.

She is pretty great.

She will continue to be great :)

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There were some massive branches broken off and hanging by a limb (ha ha.....little pun there :).

So Dad got up on the ladder as high as he could to pull what he could down....so it didn't end up falling while the kids were swinging on the tire swing.

Port thought he needed to be up in the tree like Dad.

And then he kinda zoned out......silly boy :)
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The little kids had their dentist appointments today.

We have been prepping Elsie for this for a long time.

She kept saying she would do it....but when it came time.....she didn't want to have anything to do with it.

Port was awesome.....and wanted to make sure Elsie knew that it was fun and okay to try.

Finally after Port had his teeth cleaned and the dentist looked at his teeth, we convinced Elsie to let the dentist check in her mouth.

YAY!

And the best part...no cavities for either kid.

Awesome!!!

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This week has been quite a run-around kind of week.

I am not sure if it is just because Brent has been gone that it seems even worse.....but I swear I have only been home for like 30 min between picking up, dropping off, visiting teaching, taking kids to lessons and appointments.

Crazy week!

But tomorrow is totally empty, even no drive to Elsie's school, since she has no school on Fridays.

So I plan to take it easy.....from driving anyway.

I do, on the other hand, hope to get stuff done around the house.

It is always hard to start on a project or cleaning stuff when you know you are gonna be interrupted several times in between.....

So tomorrow, with no interruptions, I hope to have a successful day :)

We will see.