Our first morning on the farm started a bit later than our
mornings at home thanks to everyone being extra tired. Before, I was even out of bed; David was
quizzing me on the finer points of free ranging the chickens that he convinced
me to bring with us. He is sure that a
“free ranging” chickens is a bad idea without a fence, even if we are in the
middle of 40 acres. During these morning
“free ranging” instructions, Mark came in the bedroom and curled up in my
covers as I said, “Give them about ½ the regular amount of food because they
are going to be eating a lot of bugs”. Then
Mark suddenly flipped over and looks at me with a very angry face as he says, “I
am not eating bugs!” Well, Daddy and I lost
it laughing and quickly explained to Mark that we were talking about the
chickens!
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| The boys outside playing. |
Then while Daddy got kids dressed, I started what I thought would be a modest
breakfast of about 18 blueberry pancakes, but then Vanessa wanted eggs and
David wanted bacon. Finally, after two
hours of my playing the role of Cracker Barrel short order cook, I got the
kitchen closed! Then we started a busy
day of unpacking, organizing and fixing (just in time for the air conditioner
to freeze up).
It took what seemed like forever to get settled. David was busy sheparding the chickens like sheep because he is sure that they will get killed or wander off. We had a light lunch in the midst of our
work, but by dinner, we were done and ready to relax with food, lemonade and
time sitting in front of the fans! |
| Jon with his lemonade |
Day 2
Obviously the kids aren’t eating bugs because they had a 52
pancake breakfast to start the day and they were back for cheese sticks and
popcorn for a snack by 10:30am. Grace
and David went berry picking and ended up hitch hiking back home. Apparently, no matter what you teach your
kids, the rules don’t apply on the farm and with Cousin Carl…of course, I did
not care if they rode with him! However,
if I was him, I’m not sure that I would have made room for sweaty kids in my
car (who I found out later had “forgotten” their deodorant)! |
| 5 cent ice cream and 10 cent soda! |
Then a lighter lunch of Ramen noodles with veggies and
leftover grilled chicken from dinner last night. The boys, Vanessa and Hannah settled in for
some movies in front of the fan with Daddy while David, Grace and I snuck off
to town. We went to the Ava Drug
first. We ordered our 5 and 10 cent ice
cream and coke and Grace also opted for a $3 tuna salad sandwich with chips. (Of course being a dieter, I skipped it all
and was the big spender because I ordered a 75 cent iced tea.) Our total for the outing was $4.26! Then we picked up a case of popcorn for $3 and
bought some cards and toiletries.
Finally, we headed to Wal-Mart for a head of lettuce and a wading pool. They had a pool on clearance with 3-D sharks
on the bottom and it came with 3-D goggles. I expected David to want it, but I laughed
when 17 year old Grace wanted that one too!
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| Pool fun |
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| Dinner |
The kids spent the afternoon in the new pool. Then we had slow roasted pork tenderloin,
collard greens with pinto beans, mashed potatoes and pumpkin custard pie for
dinner. I’m not sure why the kids eat so
much here, but once again they cleaned their plates a couple times and emptied the pots and
pans!
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| I can't decide if I should caption this one as "One of the sexiest photos of my hubby ever" OR "This is what teachers do poolside on their summer vacations...wading pool side". |
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