Early Saturday morning, we braved the rain and cold and headed out to work day at the Pima County Fair. We helped build pygmy goat and poultry pens, and tried to take in our projects. The shooting sports are looking a little waterlogged, and Bailey's pecan pie didn't look nearly as beautiful as it did when it left home! The photography was well packaged, though, and there wasn't much that could go wrong with Bailey's up cycled jean skirt purse. My copper/ azurite shadow box necklace did okay. The children's welding projects had paint issues from the packing around the rain- oops. Really, though, the whole goal of their welding was for Bailey to teach Wyatt welding safety and basics, which he could not have learned elsewhere.
After everything was turned in and our wristband issues were taken care of and the camping assignments dealt with, the rain cleared. (Murphy's Law, right?) So we celebrated the task being over and warmed up with lunch and pie at the TTT. That makes twice this year!
If you are noticing Bailey's dressed up look from a workday, I left out that she was interviewed in the sewing and cooking projects... We came home after that to work on chores and homework, and had a relaxing evening together, after the kids took a nap and worked on putting things back together after the wind.
This morning, pen cleaning time! Blondie was harboring this bird egg in her nesting space, Bailey had to show me. (Presently she and Wyatt have a deal going because Blondie is in a temporary area by the goats, and she is caring for Blondie while Wyatt is in charge of the bantams on his own.)
This Mama hen has been sitting on eggs in the garden shed. I saw a baby, but she tucked it back under her before I got the camera to focus. She did let Charlie check on the two babies who had hatched today, though I only got the one photo below. Gotta love babies! And she is a good mama.
What breed of babies are they? I don't know yet. While the hens are picky in terms of whom they mate with, they will team up and set and hatch eggs from several hens under one mama to hide them from us!
In the midst of cleaning, Wyatt brought in this feather. He has already had his hair cut short for the warm weather on its way, and he says this fancy mohawk will be all the rage in style in a few months...
This is Wyatt on break. The fort, slide and top area are his favorites, while Bailey favors the swings.
I was glad to plant six new boxes in the greenhouse. While in there, I discovered the first flowers in the Roma tomatoes I grew from seed recently. I cannot wait to see them fruit, and I had better get that garden enclosure finished!
Charlie brought home more beautiful veggies which he put on his smoker/ grill while helping me water, and checking pens. The boys had felt left out that the pie went to the fair, so I made a pecan pie for us, too.
Wow, what a weekend! Hoping the R&R was enough, because there is standardized testing this week, and fair preparation in earnest! Hope you all have a great week, and find great joy and love surrounding you each day.
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