I worked over the weekend Friday and Saturday and then Sunday we went to my mom and dad's house to [finally] celebrate Monkey5's first birthday. It was lots of fun! We really enjoyed getting to see and hang out with my parents, sister, brother and his girlfriend and her daughter [who really are like my SIL & neice...wish they'd tie the knot already!].
Then yesterday we went to the Homeschool Mass at the Cathedral down town with the Archbishop. Both the older kids had roles to play in the Mass - Monkey1 did the Prayers of the Faithful and Monkey2 brought forward the Gifts. It was a beautiful Mass and both kids felt just totally in awe to be "doing" the Mass with the Archbishop.
However, Monkey3 and Monkey4 behaved worse than they've ever behaved in a Church before in their lives. I was literally crying in the lobby around the time they did the Consecration. I had the baby in the backpack and I felt sooooo awful anyway - so nauseous and exhausted from being pregnant... and they were just awful. *sigh*
But, none the less, we survived the Mass [Monkey3 only by the Grace of God - she was the ringleader] and it is an experience Monkey1 and Monkey2 will never forget! [I won't forget it either, but for a different reason LOL!]
Today we had fun with the chickens. Chickens are so very cool - I am loving having chickens more and more every day and we haven't even gotten a single egg yet! The chickens have been FAR easier to care for than I ever imagined, and they are so fun to watch and interact with.
The kids are getting really good at catching their chickens too - which is an art I'm finding. We moved them out of their hen house today to let them roam around the yard a bit and get some exercise [the chicken-killing-lab mix was safely inside in his crate of course and the collie was locked in the house too!]. It was really fun.
In a few more weeks we should be getting actual eggs - woohoo!
Monkey1 wanted to put Monkey5 in the Mei Tai carrier and carry her around while I worked with chickens this afternoon - I thought it was unbelievably cute! And very helpful!!! She did a great job!
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I pray that when Monkey 3 rules the world she'll remember that I was her mom's friend and be benevolent toward me.
Yes - pray hard! :D Because she could really go either way - "Benevolent Dictator" or "Evil Sith Overlord"... I'm not placing any bets on which it will end up being LOL!
The kids nicknamed her "Darth Peanut" for a reason. ;)
My husband doesn't want us to have chickens b/c he says they'll poop all in the yard. Do you guys have that problem? I think it looks like so much fun!
Sorry you guys had a rough time. Sounds like things got better quickly though. Hope you're feeling well!
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