Robinhood He's Not

Pretty sure the words "BUT HE WASNT TRYING TO SHOOT YOUR DOG" came out of my mouth last week. 

Remember this?

Oh yeah. You can see where this is going. 

I got a call from our neighbor. She wondered if I had seen anyone shooting arrows at her dog (The one that barks A LOT). 

Why, yes, Karen. I have seen someone shooting arrows but I promise he wasn't shooting your dog. 

He was shooting birds. BECAUSE THAT IS SO MUCH BETTER?  Sigh. 

Once I assured Karen no one was trying to kill her dog, I sent Grant to her house to retrieve the arrows he lost in her yard. 

We had a LONG talk about our awesome new Christmas present.  We reviewed the rules....

You know rules like don't kill things and don't scare your elderly neighbors. 

And just to be clear. He doesn't use the bow unsupervised. He just has incredibly bad aim and we lost a couple arrows. 

I don't think it hurt him to get a lecture from the neighbor though. 

So...

How was your week?

Done!

Two days. Two projects. 

Grace proudly displayed her science fair project this morning as she practiced her presentation. 

Which Fruit Tells Time Best?

The honest answer?  We don't know. Our senses won over our sciences. We finally threw out the pineapple and watermelon even though both were still running the clocks. We got grossed out by how bad they looked and smelled. 

We will leave that question unanswered along with how many licks does it take to get to the center of a Charms Tootsiepop. 

The world might never know. 

Grant showed off his Herbert Hoover poster.

I found this project a little weird, but it is what the teacher wanted. He ended up with a nice two page report. He actually knew most of it from memory...more than I expected him to, but he can read his report to the class. No need to memorize. 

We also sent in pictures we took last summer at the Hoover Presidential Library and Museum in West Branch, Iowa. Bonus points, maybe?

 

 

Gotta go!  I'm off to Kroger.  I'm all out of batteries.  Now the only question is should I buy watermelons or pineapples for all of my battery needs?

Random Ramblings and Throwback Thursday

Baby calves are doing great. Momma cow didn't recover, but these girls are thriving. 

After many weeks of trying to get their momma healthy, david finally had to put her down. Some parts of this farm thing aren't much fun. 

Kinetic sand....

Really strange stuff, but really fun.

Because every boy needs a bottle cap collection.

John is working a junior high church retreat this weekend.  Emily has a friend spending the weekend here. I think a movie is on their agenda. David and I are getting the last three goats sold.

A sap evaporator is on its way to kentucky.  That makes us maple syrup professionals now.  I guess.  We should be able to easily make ten to fifteen gallons of syrup.  So we just need to find people who want to buy ten to fifteen gallons of syrup .....because we can't eat that many pancakes....ever.

David and I visited the boat and RV show tonight.  We saw lots of great new features on display.  Thankfully we escaped without buying anything. 

Grant has a report on Herbert Hoover due next Friday. Grace's science fair project is also due next Friday. Can you guess what we will be doing all weekend?

Happy Thursday! Goodnight.

The Good, The Bad And The (really) Ugly

The good 

Someone has been sleeping in MY bed....and he's still there!  

At least that was the story line last night at bedtime. I found Grant sound asleep in my bed for some unexplained reason. David carried him back to his own bed. I would never have been able to carry his eighty pounds of dead weight. He would have still been there in the morning. 

The bad

Grant came screaming into the kitchen with a bloody nose. 

The blood?

Toothpaste. 

Little turd. 

And the UGLY....

Science fair project stiiiillllllll going!!!

Yep. That's mold on them there watermelon clocks.

EWWW.

Grace and Grant worked on their valentines tonight. 

Look what Grant wrote to one little girl in his class. 

Roses are red

Violets are blue

Girls are pretty

But none are like you

Hope she likes it. He is so excited to give it to her. 

Goodnight a!