more chicky fun!

I had no idea my camera had this setting.  I took it outside to take stills and somehow I got this cool little video tracking all of our play time with the chickens.  I could never probably find that setting again if I tried!  

Our newest additions...

Well, our house has officially gone to the birds, chickens that is! Yep, that's right, my crazy husband and kids twisted my arm into allowing 4 chicks to join our family.  3 kids, a cat, and a dog just weren't keeping things interesting enough anymore!  These 4 arrived today in a shipment from from www.mypetchicken.com.  Rob said it was the noisiest package at the post office.

                                                         Meet the girls...

Snoopy- She's an Easter Egger and seems to be the noisiest of the bunch.  She'll lay blue or green eggs!

This is Ellyette (Cora named her, I guess it's the girl version of Elliott, idk).  She is a white Plymouth Rock.  She seems to like to nap and looks dead when she does.

This is Minnie Mouse.  We think she's going to rule the roost.  She chases the others and pretty much just plows right over them.  She is the easiest to hold and seems friendly.  Minnie is a barred Plymouth rock chick.

    This is Dixie.  She is a Buff Orpington and will grow to be big!  She seems to be an average, run of the mill chick.

Here's the bunch.  They're actually very cute!  The kids LOVE them!  Their little tweety chirps are the cutest sounds ever!  We're going to have to take pictures daily, because we hear that they'll be full grown in 14-25 days!  Stay tuned as we move them to their outside coop in a few weeks!

So What...

Happy Easter!

Egg Guys,

                                                                             Happy Egg Dyer,

  Possessive egg dyer who broke every egg she touched,

                                                                               Creative egg dying comedian,

  Easter Eve entertainment,

a partially cooperative church going bunch,

 A handsome big brother,

a sweet little sister in smocked lambie pie dress,

     

          a toothless, smiley, middle sister,

 a momentarily calm and clean mommy and daddy,

                                                             




                                                      PEEPS,

croissant egg salad filled carrots,

                                              a real life baby doll,

a tri- colored nest cake,








                                                        AND A RISEN SAVIOR! 

Who can ask for more than that?

GARDEN!!!

Here it is, the 2012 garden. This year we tried Mel Bartholomew's Square Foot Gardening.   All in raised beds, cause our sandy soil stinks!  We were DETERMINED to find a way to keep the birds and deer from getting all of our melons and berries this year.  I think we succeeded with these crazy cages!!! They're not pretty, but they get the job done! Good job, daddy! Problem is they're not Clara proofed.  I caught her red handed stealing the first and second strawberry right off the plant a few days ago!