I'm in a state of extreme tired! It was a weird day. I scalped the ground between my vine bed and the large flower bed and made a dry creekbed with stepping stones. I hauled so many buckets of large gravel. Liv helped me with the rock hauling. She's such a worker. Kenlei was a observer, commentator. I'm almost done, but not quite: two to three feet to go. I'll post a picture when it's done.
I started to prepare for the cucumbers in my veggie garden and unearthed a nest of baby bunnies with the rake. I didn't kill any, but I fear that even though we did our best to cover them back up and all, that they will be discovered by other critters. We never did see the mama. I'm going to check on them tomorrow and if they are alive and she's not with them, I guess I'll try to figure out what I can do. I really felt awful. The girls were working with me. At first I thought it was a field mouse, but then saw it was a baby bunny and others were trying to wriggle out of the hole as well. They don't have their eyes open yet, but they do have plenty of fur. There are at least 4 of them.
We had a cook out tonight and I had quite a bit of bonfire wood already cut, but cut up more. It was fun and lovely. Louis cut several huge limbs off the neighbor's tree for her. Good oak firewood for next year. Lots more bonfire material and probably some mulch there. After the cookout, we came in and watched the Frog and the Princess. Sigh. The girls went to sleep. They were wiped out as well.
Liv got a splinter in her foot this afternoon after several "put your shoes on" warnings. It was large and I was able to cut the top skin and pull it out. Her grandpa had to hold her while I worked and keep her mind off it. She said it didn't hurt when I took it out, but it might in the morning. I'll doctor it for her. Kenlei got three or four tiny ones. I got all but one out. It wasn't so big so it probably hurt a little worse taking it out, but she's a trouper.
It's been fun having them both, but it's a little more work as well. They are terrific girls. I was going to give them showers when they got done with the movie and also promised some hot chocolate after the cool cookout, but the sleep monster got them first. They were up early and played very hard all day. I'll have to wake them early to get breakfast, baths and beauty finished in time for church.
I hope Sunday is good for you. Blessings.
I started to prepare for the cucumbers in my veggie garden and unearthed a nest of baby bunnies with the rake. I didn't kill any, but I fear that even though we did our best to cover them back up and all, that they will be discovered by other critters. We never did see the mama. I'm going to check on them tomorrow and if they are alive and she's not with them, I guess I'll try to figure out what I can do. I really felt awful. The girls were working with me. At first I thought it was a field mouse, but then saw it was a baby bunny and others were trying to wriggle out of the hole as well. They don't have their eyes open yet, but they do have plenty of fur. There are at least 4 of them.
We had a cook out tonight and I had quite a bit of bonfire wood already cut, but cut up more. It was fun and lovely. Louis cut several huge limbs off the neighbor's tree for her. Good oak firewood for next year. Lots more bonfire material and probably some mulch there. After the cookout, we came in and watched the Frog and the Princess. Sigh. The girls went to sleep. They were wiped out as well.
Liv got a splinter in her foot this afternoon after several "put your shoes on" warnings. It was large and I was able to cut the top skin and pull it out. Her grandpa had to hold her while I worked and keep her mind off it. She said it didn't hurt when I took it out, but it might in the morning. I'll doctor it for her. Kenlei got three or four tiny ones. I got all but one out. It wasn't so big so it probably hurt a little worse taking it out, but she's a trouper.
It's been fun having them both, but it's a little more work as well. They are terrific girls. I was going to give them showers when they got done with the movie and also promised some hot chocolate after the cool cookout, but the sleep monster got them first. They were up early and played very hard all day. I'll have to wake them early to get breakfast, baths and beauty finished in time for church.
I hope Sunday is good for you. Blessings.
I am missing family . . . wish I could have been there.
ReplyDeleteI think my best childhood memories are of days when the sleep monster got me despite the promise of good things still to come. :)
ReplyDeletethe sleep monster got to me alot when I was a kid, but only when things got late, late. That happened alot around our house!! Generally my dad carried me off to bed while I fought to stay asleep. Mom was big on early nighties but not so much on early bed.
ReplyDeleteK- I wish you could have been here too. It was sweet. Everything but the bunnies. They were sweet, but me digging them out of their hole wasn't. I'm trying to figure how I'm going to do my cucumbers if they survive. I think the neighbor has been feeding the mama.