Another nice day out..

well I was inside most of the day, but the kids were outside a lot. We went to MOPS (Mother's Of PreSchoolers) this morning and the kids got a surprise treat. They brought over the lion cub for the kids to see! Lucky! We moms didn't! I had to do a couple errands on the way home then when we got home the kids played outside while Curt continued his spring cleaning up. The kids like "helping" spread grass seed. Meanwhile I stayed in to clean/do laundry and get dinner started. In the middle of all this while Curt was getting out the patio table and chairs, we realise we have pipe leaking in the cellar! So we had to call the plumber and Curt turned the water off (without telling me) and I had my hands full of raw chicken and Emily came in and out of the screen door and couldn't shut it (it was off the track). I go over to tell Curt to please turn the water back on so I can wash up and I see a cat out on the brick wall. My first thought is it Mulch (the stray we feed) and then I realise, no it's Bob (house cat)!!!!! But all I really had to do was say, "Bob, get in here!" and he panicked and came right in! He's a good cat. :)
P.S. The pipe got fixed.

Pillow Pets are IT!

Tyler and Emily got their Pillow Pets (thanks Grandma Cooper) in the mail today and Emily had to bring hers into Tyler's school to show everyone. And every kid who saw it knew what it was and wants one! It might have SOMETHING to do with the commercials being on Nickelodeon!! That said they are super soft and the kids love them.

It sure has been nice the last two days! Weird to be going out with out a coat and a couple weeks ago we were knee deep in snow!! I've had two dreams lately where it is snowing bad again! I hope that isn't a sign of a freak snow storm!! I actually got the young horse out on the lunge line today, just to let them know work is starting!! They were both a little fresh but that is to be expected. I'm sure they'll settle down in a day or two. But I'll still give them a couple weeks to shed out more before I start really riding.

A piece of money

Tyler has started making his bed every day in order to "get a piece of money"! That's what he calls an allowance. We were reading a library book about a boy who gets an allowance for making his bed and some other chores and I guess Tyler figured he could get in on the action. So he asked me if he made his bed every day would I give him a piece of money! I added that he needed to turn off the fan in his room as well. It's on for "white noise" while they sleep and Tyler usually "forgets" to turn it off. But now he knows there is money involved, he remembers to turn it off. The good news, he is thrilled with random coins as his "piece of money" no set number or amount required for his allowance...yet!
So what about all the rain? And all the snow melt added to it! I think it is the fastest we've ever gotten rid of all the snow. Well there is still little piles left but the majority is gone. Usually we are the last to lose the snow, we are in a shady little pocket that is usually slow to melt. Now it's a waiting game for the mud to dry up!

It almost seems like spring...

except we have a ton of snow still! The kids actually got to spend a lot of time outside today, we all did the barn this morning. Tyler was breaking in his new wheel barrow and he was instructing Emily how to use his old one. But when she had trouble trying to balance it he got out another old one with two wheels. Emily didn't last long on stall duty, but Tyler took out about 10 or more wheel barrows full!

My next car is going to have Spell Check!

Emily likes to give me spelling tests when we are in the car. She asks me to spell whatever word she can think of, today the strangest word: flamingo! But the best was the other day, she asked me to spell, "Bwurd", I said, "Board?" Emily, "No, Bwurd", I said, "Born?" Emily, "No Bwurd with a beak!" Me, "Oh! BIRD!"

Busy couple days....

Tyler had his 6th Birthday all week. Tuesday he had his Birthday at school. I sent Cupcakes and lollipops for his class. Then Saturday, his actual Birthday was spent looking for Pillowpets! He really wanted one for his Birthday and I tried to order two online (one for Emily to avoid fighting) and when it came it was way too small, more like an accent pillow, not a bed pillow. So back in the mail they go, and we went all over looking for them at the mall and other stores with no luck, so back to the internet. They should be here this week. Anyway, Saturday night was dinner at Friendly's for Tyler. Then today was church then the party! Tyler was having a hard time waiting for everyone to show up and having to wait to open his presents! But eventually he got to the gifts, which rushed through in typical kid fashion. But later when he took the time to look at everything he was very happy. He will be spending a lot of time in the barn with his new Quad and wheel barrow (yes, wheel barrow, he really wanted a bigger kid one!) Now he is watching the Wizard of Oz though we started with Jumanji! All Lego trucks are put together and his bed is made with his new John Deere set. Emily is fighting him over the little horses but I think we have that worked out. Oh and they did Playdoh for a little while too. I put the paint set away for another day, I'm not ready for that today! It is also probably warm enough for the new Spongebob PJ's tonight. Did I miss anything? I think he just about played with everything. Oh and he had a great construction cake from the A&P!

Another day on the farm in deep snow!

Well at least it is starting to melt already, but it will still be a lot of work for a while. But we actually are getting muddy spots on the path to the ring. I would rather have snow then the mud but what can you do. It's going to get really messy before it will get any better.