Isn't he cute with his little lost tooth smile now?
He is also the Master Chicken Caretaker around here. He has this amazingly great way with the chickens - they all love him. He and Monkey3 [5yo] take care of the chickens, feed them every day, etc. They never get tired of the chickens - I am still amazed by that. But the chickens love them too - especially The Boy.
Last week while he was gone, the chickens stopped laying. I am SO not making that up - they went from laying 3-5 eggs per day [from 6 hens who are laying right now] to laying 1 or maybe 2 on a good day. Those girls MISSED their Boy! It was so funny - I was like "WHAT is wrong with these chickens? Why have they stopped laying?!!!". Then, once he came home and started caring for them again, they started laying 3-5 eggs a day again. How wild is that?!!! [We DID feed the crazy hens - they just wanted their Boy to feed them LOL!]
Meanwhile, little Monkey5, who I guess is the Toddler Monkey now because she sure isn't a baby any more, started walking a few weeks ago - finally. Right at 16 months she decided she'd start walking everywhere. And now that she is walking, she has become *obsessed* with shoes. She MUST be wearing shoes at all times, and if her feet are bare, she will FIND some shoes and beat you with them until you get shoes on her feet. LOL!
Lately she is most obsessed with her little black Church Mary Janes - they look like little tap shoes and we laugh at her - she's so cute trying to walk in them. She's not quite steady yet, and the shoes are fancy and slick, yet she manages just fine... it is really funny to watch.
And this last pic is just for cuteness sake. This is probably why the kids will remember their dad so fondly - *I* don't eat their faces often enough. ;)
Oh - and at this very moment we have some more eggs in the incubator pipping and peeping - sometime today or tomorrow we are going to have more chicks - some Blue Andalusians and some Brown Leghorns. Supposedly both are excellent, high production egg layers, so that's why we are hatching them out!!! The kids are seriously planning their own egg business in the fall once all these chickies start laying eggs!
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Great post! Love the "new walk" of the little ones, don't you.
Charlie started @ 14mo, but the 3 before him, they took more time: 17mo and bit more! "what do i need to walk for? *someone* will carry me!"
FIVE DOLLARS!!??? Wow! Don't tell my kids - they'll want to know why the tooth fairy likes yours better!
LOL Kristin - not to worry. You can always tell your kids that the Tooth Fairy may like mine better, but your kids probably make out much better with Santa and the Easter Bunny! [My kids only get 3 things from those guys - which puts them way behind the curve compared most kids LOL!].
I miss having chickens. There is nothing like real chicken eggs from your own chickens. They are so good! And it is hard to go back to the store ones once you see and taste the difference.
My almost two year old daughter is the same way with shoes. Totally obssessed. She has these glittery flip flops that she wears everywhere. And if she can get her hands on her big sisters shoes... look out. It is funny how some of her first words were shoe and flip flop.
Cute Patoot!
We had to hide Mari's "killer shoes". They are the shoes she wore at Easter time. I think I panned the camera down to show them in that video at Easter right after she mauled someone's foot. They have these little heels that have sharp edges and once she puts them on? She's DANGEROUS! AND she will NOT take them (or any of her shoes) off. We made the mistake of letting her wear them to church. Dress shoes with hard bottoms are LOUD walking across those pews, I tell ya!
Oh, I have to call the city tomorrow to ask if we could keep chickens. You have inspired me!
Congrats on the lost tooth! It is so magical when they truly believe that a tooth fairy will come. My 6 year old just lost his 6th tooth and he still gets SO excited! (my boys all starting losing really early. One started before he was 5 and the others started right at 5) He now has the infamous gappy smile with no front teeth. And, way to go on Monkey#5 walking! I just love the pics of her in the shoes. Too, too cute!! :-) My dd didn't start walking until almost 18 months because she had 3 big brothers to do everything for her. (they still do, btw) :-))))
Love the pictures! I got sad when Colin started losing his teeth and his "baby" face! We're still waiting for Nate to lose his first.
And, how cute about the shoes! I probably should look at getting some shoes for Lydia -- the poor thing only has a pair of used Robeez that fit these days! LOL! I joke that I'll get her shoes when she bothers to start walking.
She could be in magazines...what a cutie!
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