Let's Go Fly a Kite!

Posted on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 10:31

Today, March 1, was a beautiful day here in northwest Missouri.  Anna thought it might just be windy enough to keep our heavy-duty kite up in the air.  She was right!  The kids spent all day (except meal times!) outside.
The three eldest took turns flying the kite.  It only got away once, when the 3yo was flying it.  Anna quickly ran inside to yell for me to come chase it across the pasture!

It was a bit muddy though!  Matthew had no reservations about stomping through the muddiest parts of the yard!

At 10:55 a.m., I realized that there was complete and total silence in the house.  My husband didn't think this was very remarkable when I mentioned it at the lunch table.  He is often home by himself.  Those of you who also have young ones around 24/7 will understand, I'm sure!  With four kids six and under, there's rarely a quiet moment.  Even now, when they're all asleep, the dryer and washer are both running, I'm typing, etc.  But this morning, dh put the baby down for a nap, and was himself secluded in the bedroom.  The other children were outside, and had wandered far enough from the house that I could no longer hear their voices.  I enjoyed the silence for about five minutes.  Then, I thought "The chicks aren't cheeping!"  Of course, I had to go check and be sure they hadn't all expired- there had been constant noise from them ever since we brought them home.  Nope, they were all just sleeping.  Of course, I then had to go check the kids- I opened the door, walked halfway across the yard, and from the backyard heard a voice say "But I think we need to go back to Earth now!"  Yep, they're fine.  Just lost in the land of make-believe!

In other news, we had another baby goat this week.  Matthew's nanny, Alexa, gave birth to a baby girl.  He named her Sharla.  I asked if he had heard the name somewhere, or why he decided to name her that.  He gave me one of those looks, the "are you crazy?" type of look, and replied, "It was just in my head."

And finally, a picture of the baby, playing outside in the warm weather today:

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Posted by gabbie427 on Tuesday, March 4, 2008 at 10:44 - Link

Love the picture of the baby and the animals! LOL Adorable!!! Yes, I get panicked when our almost two year old is up and about and all of a sudden there is quiet as well. He is climbing into and on top of everything right now! LOL

God's Blessings,
Amy Jo

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Posted by Amanda on Friday, March 7, 2008 at 08:15 - Link

March has already been a really windy month around here too.Thanks for stopping my my blog. I pray that your garden does well this year too.

Have a blessed day in The Lord!

Amanda <><
II Corinthians 5:7