Humidity and Horses!

It has been another great two weeks! We have had the experience of full humidity and have handled it really well. I will tell you that Wheat Thins don't taste good soft! Ethan didn't mind though as he ate a ton of them regardless! Ethan has been eating like crazy still. He will out eat me on a regular basis. I am in trouble when he is a teenager, his metabolism is amazing. He is running almost everywhere. He just got some Thomas the Tank Engine sandals and wears them everywhere. He even wants to wear them to bed. He is learning his colors and can say white, red and green and name them correctly. It is fun to see him picking up on things like that. He also loves to build with lego blocks. He really has great coordination. He is doing a little better with Nursery at church and he is becoming more and more independent which means that the terrible twos are starting, but it is really nice to see him doing more for himself.
Julia is doing great. Her hair has started to grow faster and it is getting longer finally. JC really did a number to it and now it looks almost normal. Her bangs are almost a good length. She is in heaven with the miniature horses on the farm, they came last week. We have 4 horses with one more to come in July. There is a gelding, neutered male, that is trained to pull a cart, a cute little female who is shy, and two stallions that are beautiful. The fifth will be a mare that is pregnant. Julia helps Grandpa walk and brush the horses. She just loves it. My parents are in heaven they love having all the animals and taking care of all the farm chores.
JC finished up school and that was hard for him. He had a great last two weeks that ended in a fun field day and celebration. He loved his teacher Mrs Brock. He made some good friends and is looking forward to seeing them this summer. JC has mucked out the horse stalls already and did really well and enjoyed the hard work. He loves the horses too, but can't wait to get a "real" one, a standard size horse, so that we can ride it, I have no idea when that will happen. Julia is small enough to be able to ride a mini, but JC is too big already. He tops 70 lbs, he is so solid. JC continues to enjoy his art classes and he loves being a Cub Scout. In art he has made ceramic wind chimes, a watercolor painting and a paper/fiber collage. In Cub Scouts he has done service projects, made a mother's day gift and made dessert creations.
We went to the local zoo this past weekend and the kids loved it. Ethan was way into the birds, Julia loved the giraffes and JC loved everything. It is a really nice zoo, and it is close. We also went out to eat to celebrate Nathan's birthday on Memorial Day, the kids did great eating out and we all had a lot of fun.
The house is completely framed and the roof is being put on. It looks great.

Spring time!

We have been doing great! The children are all taking to farm life marvelously. Everyone has rosy cheeks and has grown a ton it seems. Ethan has gotten taller, JC has too. Julia is just getting more and more beautiful every day.

The children continue to love being with the animals and are very anxiously awaiting the arrival of the miniature horse. Julia is a pro feeding Teddy the cow. He knows her and waits for her to feed him every morning. Julia also spends quite a bit of time in the chicken coop every day and the hens love the attention from her. As soon as we get to the farm she jumps out of the van, dons her rubber boots and tromps off to the animals.

JC is still enjoying school, he had a great time at the school carnival and even won a cake on the cake walk for Julia and Gracie to enjoy. It was a princess cake. He also really enjoyed Science night at school where we got to see hissing cockroaches and learn about different aspects of science. JC's grade taught about vertebrae and JC knew all about the bones in our backs.

Ethan is doing great. Julia and he had a virus that wasn't fun, Julia has recovered and Ethan is getting better now too. He loves playing in the rocks that are there in preparation for the concrete around the house. He thinks they are great to slide down on and climb up. They are the perfect size hills for him. He is starting to be more comfortable around the animals. He has always been more leary around animals except for Duke. It is nice to see him more comfortable around their noises. He loves to see the cows, but when they moo he gets scared. He has also decided to eat again. He is eating huge portions at every meal which great to see, but we sure don't know where he puts it. He just keeps eating and eating. I am sure that since it is close to his birthday that he is just getting ready to grow.

The house is moving along quickly. The framing is almost complete and then the roof will go on! The anticipated finish date is the end of July. We will see when the actual is! The kids love to see where their rooms are going to be and try to imagine where they are putting thier beds and toys. It is so fun to see the house actually going up. We can't wait to be living there.