Happy Sunshine Day!!!!

Breakfast in bed: Crepes and Chai Tea


Rose Bud, I SNEEZE on you! Achoo! I mean, Thank you! (bottle of Coty Wild Musk-yes! I still wear the same perfume I wore in high school, thank you very much.)


Thank you, Daisy, for the beautiful potted plant! (thank you, Sunday School teacher !) What's up with the weird shadow in my room?


Thank you, Pepper for the pretty flower (thank you Sunday School teacher)


One, Two, Three, Four. All my beautiful children. Wait! don't I have FIVE children?


Ah, yes, my sweet Banana Boy. He didn't get to help in the kitchen the way he wanted, so he was having a pity party on the couch. So, if Muhammed won't come to the mountain, the mountain (that would be me) must come to Muhammed. We had our own little Mother's Day celebration downstairs, he and I. Then he was happy and joined the rest of us upstairs.

See?


And Sunshine gave me a funny little book about 31 Things Moms are Good At. Or some such title. It was cute. He thought it was his book. And his bag. And his wrapping paper. And his breakfast in bed.

Happy Sunshine Day!

Track Meet 4

This was an invitational and there were 9 schools there. Coaches picked who participated in each event.

They never announced the official standings, so we don't know if she placed. But here's how she did

100m 4th in her heat. Time 16.23 seconds. This was the first time they told them their times. There were 4 heats.

400m 6th in her heat out of 2 heats. Her time was 1:11, her personal best time!

Long Jump We were watching the jumps at the pit and watching the measurements. Rose Bud jumped 12' even and as far as we could tell, only one other girl jumped better. 12' was also her personal best jump!

So while she might not have placed, she improved on her previous attempts.

Even more importantly, she is such a good sport! She was never frustrated or upset by how she did. She cheered on all her teammates and congratulated her opponents at the finish. Her whole team showed great sportsmanship.

It was a very fun meet!

Please Pray for Noah

Please pray for sweet little Noah now. He is very, very sick.


I have been following his blog a long time. His parents own a homeschool company from which I bought things many times.

They all need your prayers now.

After the Rain

More Awww

Here are the details you all been waiting anxiously for....


Hello, Chickie! I will SQUEEZE you!
Meet Comet, a Golden Comet hen
Iris, another Golden Comet hen (thanks to Mr. GT, my girls have all inherited the non-ability to have their eyes open in photos)
Lilac, a bantam something, won't know if it's a hen or rooster for a while
Banana Boy's White Wyandotte hen (no name as of yet)
Lily, an Aracauna hen (see the eyes???)

first column on left, from bottom: Lily (Aracauna), Comet (Golden Comet), no name (White Wyandotte)
middle column of 4, from bottom: Baby Violet (bantam), Little Lilac (bantam), Iris (Golden Comet), Hushinski (Rare breed, straight-run, some sort of Polish)
Last 3 on right, from left: Caffe (Aracauna, belongs to Rose Bud), Elle (or El, depending if it turns out to be a rooster, Bantam, also belongs to RoseBud), Chipmunk (some rare breed)

Awwwwwwww!

3rd Track Meet

Long Jump


100m Dash

In 5th place
Running hard
Check out Rose Bud (far right) and the girl to the left in green. Rose Bud placed 3rd, just a nose ahead of Green Girl
Go, Rose Bud!

100 m Dash: 3rd (out of 16)
400 m: 3rd (out of 5)
Long Jump: 4th (11' 6 3/4")