Wow, for being Wyatt's first week off from school, and not homeschooling him for another week because I figured he needed a break and to get his room clean and his feet back under him, things haven't slowed down! But I guess we always did like to keep life a little crazy around here...
To kick things off, Tuesday was Wyatt's birthday. Not being up to making hte fancy ice cream cake decorations amidst the end of school malaise with Wyatt and the school resource lunacy, I saw these beautiful cookies that my friend Tammy made for Memorial Day, and ordered some AMAZING custom cookies for Wyatt's birthday cake and birthday day. Here are a couple on the custom ice cream cake he had me make...
Tuesday mornign, these were his first present, which he selected from for his cake, and then got to have one with his morning smoothie.
Then we piled in the monster truck. Okay, not a monster truck, and F250 extended thing that is our farm truck, and that I only drive when I have no other option. So we piled in and headed to north Marana to pick up these hutches I had found on craigslist for a great deal. We had been wanting to have something like this for some time, so that sick bay and babies could be outside, rather than the living room!
We got everything loaded up in the truck, then got in to head home and it promptly wouldn't start. We suspected battery issues, but quickly realized that we had no tools, they were all in other vehicles, and we didn't even have anything for cleaning the connections- oops. Seven kindly passersby later, and we skipped our other destinations (the feed store, the movie theater, etc) and headed straight for home so Charlie could look at the truck when he got there!
Charlie got off early to help us, and he got working on the monster, so we got to disinfecting and setting up the hutches. Here, the larger one has the Black Java chicks.
The White Faced Black Spanish hen who is in sickbay got the other crate. Gonna give her something better for her feet today. though. She is definitely not a spring chicken, and needs the extra TLC while she is recovering.
The little ones, and the hen all seem to appreciate the better view from their new digs on the porch. We all headed to town, and realized the movie Wyatt wanted to see had just begun, and didn't have another showing until 9:35. So we went to dinner, where the waiter sang to Wyatt in italian- way cool- and we had a good time. Then it was off to the movie- I will have to write about it, Epic was great. By the time we got home, it was well after midnight, and Wyatt was the only one with energy.
Since no one could stay awake to let him have cake, I talked him into waiting until morning so we could sing as a family. He wanted me to get him up at 4 before Charlie went to work. Come 4:30, Charlie really didn't think I should get the kids up considering how badly we were already dragging. So I let them sleep in, and we had cake for breakfast. Not standard nutrition around here, but he missed it on his birthday. Once a year won't ruin the world. Here is the cake. See the four cookies? Impressive! Wyatt is Mr Camp in everything, and loves his dog, his football, chickens and hunting. The dog even came out looking like Shadow Paws!
So for birthdays, this crew gets to order whatever they like. Charlie always wants his favorite Sunshine cake, a specialty of my family. Wyatt has been getting custom ice cream cakes for years. Bottom to top- Oreo cookie crust, mint chip ice cream, Oreo layer, reeses ice cream, choc sprinkle layer, snicker ice cream layer, vanilla ice cream frosting. Every year they are a little different, but all crazy rich. Like I said, once a year, right? You get to pick what you want on your birthday.
So the day really needed to keep things rolling on the catch up line. Laundry, pens, cleaning, etc. And some workout time. Shadow wanted to apply to be the new trainer dog. She thought she should demo the Olympic bar. Hmmm...
Then, when we said no fetching the ball they were catching during balance training, she fetched herself a zucchini. No, she doesn't eat zucchini, but she does fetch anything. Literally anything.
After workout time, Wyatt helped with watering some fruit trees to empty out the jacuzzi of water so he can clean it later this week. I worked on my farm stand sign that I started a week or so ago. I want it to look nice, but still like the old not quite perfect ones you would see near any other farm. It is made of pallets and a plywood board.
What do you think? I need to get the chalkboard paint and clear coating finished today, and assemble it when I get back from work.
These are the geese, on the loose in the yard. Then pen they are next to is the grow out meat pen, who they have taught to honk like geese. Yep, never dull.
Well, today is a new day, and lots more to do! What have you been up to?
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