My baby??

Well since the last post H has turned 10...double digits...tween. While she was excited I am not

sure I was as excited as her. I do not think that will change. I have always had a hard time with growing up and I now realize it doesn't matter if it is me or my precious child it is still hard.

Growing up blues...for mom

Well, today I took the step of putting my dear daughters outgrown bikes and sandbox out by the road to offer for free. As I finished putting the sign up she came riding her "big girl" bike asking why I was taking a picture.
She is counting down the days in excitement for her birthday to get here while I am counting down the days in remembrance of my little girl...who is not so little anymore.

Spring planting

Sad goodbye

Well, yesterday we said a sad goodbye to our first goat,the myotonic one,Goeffrey. He has been sick for about 2 weeks and although we thought he was getting better he took a turn for the worst.
It was a learning experience in goat behavior as we watched the other 3 goats during Geoffrey's illness. They were very concerned and "checked on him" often. Yesterday after he was gone they were looking for him and even looked at the place where he was laying down and died.
H is doing very well considering he was her b-day present a few years back.She has been stronger then A and myself. Yesterday was definitely one of those days I hated being the grown up in having to make the decisions about the goat.

School Days

What do you do when you still have to get math done but you SOO want to be outside and enjoy the beautiful weather? You compromise. This is win win for teacher and pupil.

Valentines Day

A glimpse of the future

We are currently doing a unit study on George Washington Carver and learning so much. Today my dear child filled out an application for Tuskegee University. As I sat there helping her with the questions and in filling in the blanks I got a little sad. She seems to be growing up so fast. Then again maybe not so fast as when we filled in her anticipated date of enrollment to the school as 2018. How innocent she was when she read the $25 application fee and said,"Well, no one said college was free."