Farewell Sweet Chloe

Gunnar lost a good friend today. His first bunny, Chloe, died. She was rather fat and I think all the hot weather we have had the last couple of weeks got to her. But trying to make a little boy understand all that is rather hard.
Chloe was the product of what happens when I let my husband take one of the children to a feed store without me. The boys came home and Gunnar was SO excited because he had a suprise in a box. (Always beware of suprises that come in a box from the feed store) It was mini-rex that reminded me of a calico cat. She was the cutest, sweetest bunny and I have such a soft spot for them that I couldn't say no. We even bought a cage and put her in the house with us for a while. Chloe was spoiled rotten and loved being petted. So, I took her to the library where I worked and she entertained the children at storytime. I'm not sure who enjoyed it more, the bunny or the children!

Baby Chloe

Like I said, it has been a sad day at our house and Chloe was loved by all of us and will be missed.

It's So Hot the Pop is Sweating!

Today was HOT! It was so hot that the orange soda I bought my son was quickly covered in condensation or sweat as we like to call it around here. He went to pick it up and said, "Mom, there's something wrong with my pop, it's all wet." I looked at it and replied, "No, it's sweating 'cause it is so hot outside." There was a long pause, then my son replied, "I don't think so Mom, 'cause I smelled it and it doesn't smell bad."

Yep. It took me a second for that logic to sink in too and realize where we went wrong. Guess I should have said it had condensation on it but I knew THAT would have led to an even longer discussion and I wanted to go inside! Good ole Gunnar, we never know what he's going to say!

Letting go

My little girl is 16. That means she now has a driver's license. And that means she wants to drive. But not just around town anymore. Nope, she wants to drive to towns that have designated lanes and stop lights and TRAFFIC. And the worst part is....she doesn't want me to go with her! Some of you are probably thinking that I'm overreacting and you're probably right. But this is my baby and she doesn't like to drive. I still drive her to school most days! So it is a HUGE step for her to want to take a friend and go to a mini-city. I'm going to let her go but I think I'll probably drive to the city too. I need to run some errands and buy some groceries, and on the off-chance she needs me, I'll be close by.

Starting Over

Once again it is summer and I feel the need to start blogging; probably because I'm not at school and my brain is refreshed.
This is Gunnar's first year as an official 4-H member and his sister is the president of the club. Talk about busy! He is following in his sister's footsteps and enrolled in rabbits and poultry. Much to her delight, he is now forced to help with chores. His job is to feed the rabbits and gather the eggs. I think he secretly likes to upset the chickens when he is checking for eggs.
We decided to get goats this year and BOY has that been an experience! Goats are kind of dumb but very cute and it has been kind of fun, so far. Of course that can all change since I discovered last night that we will need to SHAVE them before fair. Hmmm...we get to tattoo our bunnies, bathe our chickens, and now shave the goats. Why didn't anyone warn us?