The Clarence Daily

Matt's off at an auction sale today, so it's just the kids and me at home.  We've been watching Little House, folding clothes, making lunch, and out checking cows.  While we were on our trek out back to check cows, I noticed an old Hereford was calving, so we drove away a little to give her some space, then stopped, turned around, and watched. 

Me: Hey, kids, should we stop and watch the Hereford have her baby?  Clarence, can I have the binocs? 

C: (hands over the binoculars)

Me: Oh, there she's laying down.

C: (I hand the binocs back)...(he puts them up to his eyes...backwards...and looks straight out the front window at some cow grazing)  Oh, there's another cow calving.  She's having a calf.

Me:  No, that one's just eating...look over here, out my window, at the cow that's laying down.

C: (puts the binocs back up to his eyes and looks in the general direction of the Hereford, but is looking way above her...into the sky)  Oh, I see her.

Me: Are you sure?  See? She's having her baby!

C: I need go pee.

Me: Ok, hop out and go; hand me the binoculars.

C: No, I want use these.

Me: No, honey,  I'll just use them while you're outside.

C: Ok. (hands them over....hops out.....goes pee.....comes back in)

Me: Oh, Clarence, you missed it...the calf is out.  Should we drive up and go check on it?

C: Yeah!

Me: (drive up close, right beside the calf to make sure sac is off its nose, which it is...) Isn't it cute, you two?

C: Yeah!

Adina: Baby....which sounds more like BeeBee.  (She just repeats it over and over while we're out with all the babies.  And she gasps, points, grunts and gets really excited every time she sees one.  She's really cute.)

Me: Ok, let's head back now and see if there are any more new babies. 

Me: (once we're at the gate) Clarence, will you open the gate for me? 

C: Yeah! (and jumps out to open the gate while I drive through, then shuts it again)

Me: (I jump out to feed our sick cow.)  Clarence, will you get her some hay while I get her some water?

C: Yeah...(grabs a few handfuls of hay, then comes over to help me carry water.)  (As I'm sure you can imagine, he's so strong, so he was very helpful.  :)  )  (Actually, I put about a coffee-can's worth of water in a pail and he carried that over to her.  While he was dumping it in her tank, his gum fell into the water.)
Mom, my gum fall out.  Get me some more. 

Me: I will after nap.

C: (tries to reach in the tank...the water is too cold....he starts crying)  I'm going to the car.

C: (when I get back in the sub to drive back to the house....says,) You mean, Mommy.

Me: Why?

C: I want more gum! 

Me: (I told him to keep his gum in his mouth next time....he didn't really like that response, either.)

(And the conversation was pretty much over with because he was crabby and needed a nap and I wasn't going to give him gum.)


From time to time, I'll give you a "Clarence Daily"  and maybe an "Adina Daily", but she's not vocal yet, so she only DOES funny things (like: collect nail polish; puts on lip gloss; requests lots of gum; has cute, cheesy smiles). 

Have a super day. Hope the weather warms up soon!