So. M is adorable. I know you all know that already, but I just love her! She does funny stuff every day, and I forget what it is by the time I post. We're still trying to potty train, M is still trying. She really likes playing with this water table that Aunt Megan got her for Christmas. Every day she says "go. Side" (go outside) and "water" to play with the water table. She orders the dog around saying "sit. stay. no. dog tret. (to give the dog a treat) come on dog." etc. She tries to help whenever possible. She says "pour it. ducks. pour it." to help feed the ducks, she hands me the dishes out of the dishwasher, she sweeps in the kitchen...etc. (if only that would last.) She talks a lot, although I know for certain that the majority of the time I am the only one who understands her. The words seem obvious enough to me, but even J and Justine ask me what she is saying. "manek" is blanket. "danik" is music. Oh, and she has this song she likes. Grandma Jo gave her a CD from Alaska that has bear songs on it, which are kinda cute. The problem is M likes the first song on the CD and doesn't want to listen to different ones. When the song changes she says "one. one. mama, one." (which means she wants the other one, other song.) and gets angry if I don't switch it back. The song goes something like this: "OH, he's a mighty big bare foot bear. He's dancing everywhere. cuz bumblebees are buzzin' in his hair." or something like that. And I am absolutely sick of it!!
Our first step towards the 'homestead' lifestyle: CHICKENS. J and I have been researching, reading books & articles, and saving a TON of info to our Pinterest board. I know we are in for some surprises and troubles, but we are doing our best to head them off and avoid other peoples mistakes. (J is still trying to convince me that we need to start pigs this year. I keep reminding him that is one of the PRIMARY mistakes other homesteaders have made: being too eager and getting in too deep, too fast). So, we start our garden and chickens this year - keeping our fingers crossed that we aren't putting them in poor locations. The chickens are the first thing branching out into our additional 2 acres. The coop and kennel are going at the outside, back corner of our fenced in yard. Our coop is valiantly being made from old cabinets we picked up at the local Habitat for Humanity, Re-Store. We intend to paint, add roof, prop up on legs, and insert s...
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