This is the first year of my life (and could be the last) that I have ever actually seen spring come so early.
The signs I've seen:
- Rain: it's raining/sprinkling/drizzling here today. So, I've been in the house with kids who have been a little on the crabby side.
- Temperature: while the temperature today isn't overly warm, it's definitely the warmest calving weather we've been blessed with since we got married.
- I'm loving the nice spring weather...the kids can run around in fleece coats and waterboots without ever getting too cold.
- Robins: I've seen a few here and there the last week....that's always a sure sign of spring.
- Geese: We've had hundreds land in our pasture out back where the cows are. It's fun to go out and see them up close.
- Green things....the grass is starting to turn green, the evergreens are more freshly green than normal (or so it seems)...
- Matts' been in the field...
- he chisel plowed a former CRP field across the road
- he plowed another field, too
- (which has taken a while because the first day was going well until a wheel fell off the plow...it's taken him a day to fix it, and he was back at it again this morning....he says he's almost done, though.)
- He plowed my garden up, too....
- which was nice - I still had rows of frozen, dried-up plants from last year, as well as rotten carrots and beets that I didn't harvest before they froze completely
- now it's nice and black, and waiting for the weather to warm up so we can start all over again.
- my kids: they live for playing outside.....it takes all the patience I've got to make them stay in so I can finish some things up before we all go out to play....they can't be out running around if Matt's in the yard with the tractor, so that's always my big struggle - making sure they don't sneak outside on me.
- Oh well, though, I'm glad they like to play outside...
- Farm Babies: the calves are coming...so far, we've got about 25-30 LIVE calves. Things are going good....
- unless you count the fact that Matt hasn't had much sleep the past couple of nights....
- he's sleeping as I write this, in a kitchen chair with his arm and head resting on the table...
- thank goodness it's a short season!
Even as we're sitting here now, he's still in his pull-up because he just got up from his nap, and Matt's trying to catch another minute of sleep, he's talking about being outside. He just said to Matt, "Daddy, let's go feed cows." (In the rain....he loves it!) He's also been worried about the cats, dog, horses, calves, heifers, bulls, chicks and chickens today.
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Adina's been starting to talk lately.
Her newest words are:
Thank You: koo-koo
Love You: koo-koo
Please: pees
And we've also been working on animal noises.
I'll say, what's a cow say? oooooo
a pig? She snorts.
a kitty? mohw
a puppy? puppy
She's also good about brushing her teeth - when she can do it.
When we were skiing, Grandma Carmen taught her to sing while she brushes, so she'll take the toothbrush, twist it around on her tongue until she's eaten all the toothpaste (all the while singing "awwwwwww" in different pitches). Once I take the toothbrush and actually try to brush her teeth, though, it's quite a battle.
She's really funny right now... She makes all sorts of funny faces, sometimes eats like a princess - other times, not; she can put on her own water boots and hat and carries me her coat so she can go out and play; and she's still attached to her pacifier. She has also moved from her crib to a big bed, which she sleeps very well in.
Hope you're having a good day!
Say an extra prayer for a distant cousin of mine - she's 34, was just diagnosed with cancer, and is having surgery today. She's got a husband and two little boys as well. Thanks!
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