Chicken Sunday

Another Sunday, another update on the chickens . . .

Kyler has renamed Robin Hood to Speed. He came to terms with us today that the chickens are girls and told us that Robin Hood was not a girl's name. So now we have Speed (Now ain't that feminine?).

They are all so big now! There are so many chicken feathers and not a whole lot of down left. Goodbye cute little chicks and hello chickens.

Because of their size, they won't last in the box much longer. Eric started construction on their new home, lovingly known as the Colonel Sander's Cottage. They should be moving into it within the next few weeks when Eric puts the chicken wire, doors, and gates up.

Eric, the boys, and the chickens were glad there was warm weather today so they could all frolic together in the backyard. I don't have pictures, but they were out there together for hours.

Never Say Never

I was thinking today of all the things I promised myself I would never do . . .
I told myself I would NEVER highlight my hair. And I was sure that I would NEVER move to Utah. I would NEVER actually have chickens as pets. I would NEVER by choice put mayonnaise on a sandwich. And I would NEVER let my son tuck in his shirt and wear his pants quite so high. Hmmm. I've done all of them.

I guess it's true, never say never!

Does this have wheat?

We took Kacin to an allergist about a week ago. One of the things we talked about, minus the details, was the stomach issues he's been having the last two months. The treatment plan we left with included not eating wheat, corn, oats, peanuts, and soy for 2 weeks and then slowly reintroducing them to check for allergies. So Kacin has been living on rice and spelt everything. He knows he can't have bread or other food unless we give the OK or he eats the special kinds we make for him. He's actually been very good and careful about checking with us before he eats anything. For example, he asked

"Daddy, do boogers have wheat in them?"

Chicken Sunday

Just a little chicken update . . .

The "girls" have now been named. The yellow ones are named Crack-a-lack (Eric's) and Robin Hood (Kyler's). The red ones are Speedracer (Kacin's) and Nugget (ha ha, get it? Chicken Nugget! That one is mine.). We can't exactly tell Crack-a-lack and Robin Hood apart yet, but we know that Speedracer has black lines from her eyes to the back of her head--like racing stripes. She has also escaped from the box in the garage once. We think she was trying to fly. She pooped everywhere because she was so scared, but we found her and put her safely back in the box. It is now secured so, hopefully, we have no more escapees.

It is amazing how much the chicks have already grown for being 2 weeks old! They are already losing a lot of the down on their wings. It's fascinating.

On Feb 28th:

Today:

It is also fascinating that Eric thinks he speaks chicken and has become "Chicken Man". Except he calls himself "Lord of the Fowl". OK, maybe fascinating isn't the right word. How about frightening.

I've Been Tagged!

So here were my instructions:
1. Go to your My Documents/My Pictures
2. Go to your sixth file
3. Go to your sixth picture
4. Blog about it
5. Tag 6 people

And this is what I found. It's a picture of me and my mom at the Phoenix Zoo (oh, I miss that place--we used to go there all the time). We were standing like flamingos in front of the Flamingo exhibit. If only we were wearing pink . . .


So now I tag my mom, Jacqui, and Stefanie.

Happy Birthday, Jenny!

Jenna Marie is now 27!

She is a dear sister of mine so I hope she had the best birthday ever! I was thinking today of all the fun things we've gotten to do together over the years. . . our travels around Europe after I graduated HS . . . always being asked if we were twins . . . playing Monopoly (I guess it was more like cheating at monopoly) until all hours of the night . . . running as fast as we could, but not really running anywhere because we were laughing so hard . . . dressing up in random attire from the thrift store . . . The "Bum" Dance . . . stories about Princess Bob . . . singing "Sisters, Sisters" from White Christmas . . .creating the coolest dating game known to man . . . good times. I couldn't ask for a more creative, fun-loving 27 year-old sister!

We all love you, Jenny!

Kacin's Cuisine

We all know Kacin is quite the eater, but did you know he ate cuisine like this?
Pizza Dipped in Applesauce, Topped with Home-Grown Romaine Lettuce

I tell you, the kid will eat anything. I wish I had pictures of all the other concoctions he's put together on his plate and told us that he loved, but sadly I do not. They have been just as great as this one though, for example,

Grapes Dipped in Ranch.

Yum!