Friday, November 23, 2007

But I want my teeth to rot out....















Nadya and her "Bling" pacifier
An update on life here at Chandler's Rowe. It finally got cold enough to lite a fire again! We are really enjoying the colder weather (especially Scout;see picture below). It, for some reason, gives me more energy when it is cooler outside.

We have aquired a new dog since my last post. He is a Keeshond and his name is Scout. He is about 5 months old and is very sweet and has a ton of hair! Webster was so cold the other night he let me tuck him in to sleep (see picture below) and Scout was laying on the brick panting because he had been running around. They are so
funny to watch when they play. Webster and Scout
will be playing and Rooster (the neighbor's dog)
will run up and try to join in the tussle.














Webster all tucked in for the night














The newest member of our family-Scout
The garden is doing good. We have broccoli heads that are softball size and cabbage that are about the same. Our tomato plants didn't survive the frost that we had. We covered them, but the dew had already fallen by the time we covered them at midnight so we were a bit dissapointed at that! We will be ordering some peach and citrus trees soon. So we are planning for that.
Well, you are probably wondering about the title of this post. That was Sean's response to me calling for him to come and brush his teeth the other night. I had been trying to convey the reason behind brushing our teeth to him, but apparently his consequence reasoning is not mature enough yet. Note to self: don't try to reason with a three year old! Life is good here and its all because of God!



Tuesday, November 13, 2007

When it rains it pours....



Well, it was certainly a true Monday yesterday! Seth woke up and found a wasp on the window seal and killed it, thinking one just snuck in somehow. Nope, we found them off and on in the house all day. We think they are in the chimney. Then, while I was washing clothes the toilet was bubbling when the washer would drain. When I went to cook lunch there was no gas and of course yesterday was a holiday! To top it off when I went to get my clothes out of the dryer they were wet, so I put them back on thinking I had just forgotten to turn them on-wrong-the dryer is broken so I had to go to my neighbors and dry my clothes. Other than that we had a great day. All I could do was laugh! Here are some recent pictures of the kids. Life is good here at Chandler's Rowe! Isn't God good!?


Monday, November 5, 2007

Look out for the snake!





Here is the snake my neighbour killed. She was driving and saw it so she stopped on top of it. Then, when she got home she walked in the back of her truck not realizing that it was still alive. She found that out when she woke up the next morning and the snake had crawled up to the cab in her truck!! It was 39" long. Glad it wasn't in my yard!!

Below is a picture of the boys in the bathtub. When you can do this to their hair it is definitely time for a cut!!






Tuesday, October 30, 2007

All chicks go to Heaven...



A sad thing happened last night. One of our Silver Laced Wyndottes died peacefully in its sleep after a brief illness. Viewing of the body was at 9:20 to 9:20:30 this morning. After a brief ceremony a short memorial walk to the garbage can was made where its remains were placed. May it rest in peace. He is survived by 7 sisters and 1 brother and 17 cousins. In lue of donations please refrain from eating chicken for 24 hours. He lived a short but good life...

Wednesday, October 17, 2007

Sean's Birthday Party


Ok, so I have been wanting to post this for over a week now, just never got around to it. We had a great time at Sean's party. We also had a great turnout. Around 60 folks were here including the children. They enjoy playing outside and getting to see Hoover. The cake came out good and we only had a small chunk left which we promptly sent next door. I personally abhorred the word cake after making it!! All I have to say is I am extremely glad the kids only have one Birthday each a year and right now they are spaced rather nicely! Enjoy the pictures...

Sean's Birthday Cake
The Birthday Boy
Sean and Grammy on Hoover
Cowboy Sean

Thursday, October 4, 2007

Here are a few recent pictures of the kids...

Look at the rolls she is getting on her!
The boys playing in the garden before I planted
This is one of Seth's favorites

Saturday, September 22, 2007

The Magnificent Seven....

Ok, so I have been meaning to post pictures of our chicks all week. I finally got around to it. Last Thursday we got 24 (it was supposed to be 26) chicks in the mail. They were so cute. I say were for two reasons; 1:they are fowl and fowl are only cute till they start pooping everywhere! 2: We had 17 fatalities last night. Yes, we woke up to 7 chicks. 5 Black astralorps, 1 Rhode Island Red and the mystery chick they sent (notice I didn't say free chick as they shortchanged me 2 chicks) that I still can't figure out what it is. So, I will order more chicks Monday and we are going to do some serious renovations on the pen. We might be eating some dog here in the future. I won't mention any names but there were white/cream dog hairs on the pen and the chicken wire was torn into a big hole. Well, I'll keep you posted. Below are some of the cutest pictures we took before the great massacre...



Aubrey holding a Black Astralorp

Sean holding a White Rock


The boys Kissing (ugh!) a Rhode Island Red


Our Chicken Bar