First and Last

Today my kiddos are finishing up another year of school and I am so proud of them.

This is Emi and David on the first day of school.



And this is them on the last day (today!).

They have grown so much! (Emi may make her goal of getting to 6'5" yet!)

Looking forward to the lazy days of summer...

One of These Things is Not Like the Other

Last weekend we found a suspicious white marble-shaped egg in the chicken coop. It looked a lot like a reptile egg.  Our new chickens are pre-teens so they are too young to be laying, so we surmised that one of the girls from the 2nd generation (last Spring) has been having issues. Then today we found this in the coop.

Hopefully the trend continues because this egg is at least oval and twice as big as the egg we discovered last weekend.

Worm Day

Dirty Job

Cleaning out the pond had to be one of the grossest projects we've ever done. Shoveling muck and tadpoles and fully grown bullfrogs that Miss Kay would be happy to fry up was so disgusting at times. Especially when I'd clear out some reeds or hyacinth roots and see some slimy eyes looking at me.  

But the results were mostly worth it. 

Pool Makeover

We have needed to replaster the pool since forever and this year we decided that instead of going on a family vacation, we'd bite the bullet and make some pool repairs and replaster. We are going to get every bit of enjoyment we can from the back yard this year.

This is what the pool looked like last year.

May 2012