Baby Chicks

So, it's April now and time keeps marching on. Thank God it is spring time! The girls each got a new baby chick today, because Jordan's favorite chicken "Baukey" was snatched by some other animal. I wanted to surprise her today with a new baby chick, and then Marina whined at me for her own baby chick and then Hannah wanted one as well . . . we ended up with 4! Now we have a total of 9 chickens!! What is HAPPENING?!! On top of that, our trip to the farm store was a spur of the moment decision because, James had called me to come pick him up from the shop where they were putting new tires on his car . . . when we left there I realized we were close to the store . . . so why not go get the chick then, right? Well, when I pulled up to the store, I realized I had my swimsuit top on and no shirt, so I couldn't go in the store. I sent James in to buy the ONE chick, then Marina went in to tell him to get a total of 3 chicks . . . when they came out they had 3 chicks and one baby TURKEY!!! Of course we had already driven about 4 miles away when we realized we had bought a turkey, so there was some debate over whether or not we could house a turkey and if we could eat it for Thanksgiving. BUT Marina started whining that we would not eat the turkey because it was one of the ones she had picked out! Well, I decided there was no way we were keeping this turkey and so I had to return to the store and exchange the turkey for another chicken. Whew!!! (I think I could have raised it for Thanksgiving though:) Well, that was our excitement for today.

Well, the birthday parties went off without a hitch and everyone was happy with their special day. This was of course Marina's first party ever and Hannah was gracious and didn't mind sharing the spotlight with Marina. Marina didn't care either, because, heck . . . any party is better than NO party, so she was thrilled. I was so glad that most everyone was able to come and share the moment with them both. We did the usual little kid party games like pop the balloon and Simon Says, and for the older girls they did a "blind makeover" and a game where they guess who they are, by asking questions about the name on their back. This Friday I am fulfilling my promise to them to take them to Chuckee Cheese with a friend. This is where they wanted their party to be, but it wasn't practical for all the people who we wanted to invite to the party . . . so we will go now with one or two friends each.

The girls are glad spring has arrived and I am too - it gets them out of the house a bit more, but it would be really nice if it would rain a bit less and dry out some more so they can be out a LOT more. They were getting really restless and my fuse was getting short.

We are trying to finish up school for the year . . . . only to have Marina and Hannah both tell me they wanted to continue to work on some portion of school over the summer. . . .DARN!! I was looking forward to a break as well! I was thinking how great it would be to be able to only focus on MY schooling for a couple months. Marina wants to keep working on math and I'm not sure what exactly Hannah wants to study, but she said she wants to start back at it in July or the beginning of August. Go figure.

Well, James and I are planning to go to Mexico in about a month for a 4 day getaway!!! Yippeee! This was a surprise to me, but one that is much needed. The thought of a trip JUST FOR RELAXATION PURPOSES . . . WOW!! What an idea! Yes, we did go to Ukraine, but that was like camping for a month and being stressed while camping = NOT relaxing. And last year we went to Florida on a business trip for a couple days . . .on the coldest days of the year!!! It actually dipped into the freezing temps while we were there, and they were afraid for the citrus crops. So again, no R&R by the pool there either. Before that we went to Edisto Beach with the family, and that was nice, but we got 2nd degree burns the first trip to the beach and had to wear loose fitting clothing and stay in the shade the rest of the trip, PLUS Georgie didn't want to be at the beach - she was afraid of the ocean I guess. And now we are planning this trip to Mexico and the girls were CRYING tonight because they are NOT INVITED!!! IS THERE NO REST FOR THE WEARY? DO THEY HAVE TO RAIN ON OUR PARADE? GOOD GOD, give us some rest will ya?! Whew, I'm glad to get that off my chest :)

Well, enjoy the pictures from the party and maybe another month won't go by before I write again . . . it's therapeutic I think.