Track Season and Prom

 

Track Season started this weekend, with Lydia competing on Friday and Emry on Saturday.   Lydia ran a relay for the first time, in addition to pole vaulting.  It went really well, although she doesn't want to run again.

Emry had his first meet ever, and he did very well.  He took 5th place in the 100 meter dash, in a field of 72.  Most of the boys in the top 12 or so were 8th graders.  He also did well in long jump, and he was the anchor on the 4x 100 relay.  He was very excited to get the first place medal for that!

Also this weekend,  Lydia had junior prom.

Art and Hair

Gyunay finished his side by side art class, where special needs students work with an artist to create various types of art.  He loves this class.  They have a gallery at the end:

It's always very nice, and it's fun to see all the kids' creations. 

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Meanwhile, Nathaniel gave Emry a haircut:

We looked through pictures, and this was the style he decided on.  It looks very good, and he was very happy with it.  He's gotten compliments from adults and some of his black friends, but some of his white friends were not so complimentary.  He's learning to handle that. I am glad he has decided to keep the hairstyle, though, because he really likes it. Middle school is such a tough place.

 

February Harvest and More

 Egg totals continue to grow.  For February,  we got 406 eggs from our 19 young hens. 

We took advantage of the lovely weather yesterday and met my sister's family at our zoo.  

We had a great time, even though everyone else in the surrounding area also thought it was a great day to go to the zoo.  I have never seen it so busy!

 

Dressed Up

 We do clean up pretty well around here.  Malachi looked great for his concert this week, which Lydia and I thoroughly enjoyed.

And last week, Emry and his friends enjoyed a middle school dance:

Such handsome young men!

Otter Fun

 Last weekend, the boys and I joined my parents and some of their cousins in a zoo trip.  We spent a lot of time at the otters.

Otters have always been one of my favorite animals, and these were so fun and playful.  They loved coming up to see us.

The boys particularly enjoyed "hi-5ing" them.

I also got to see something new.  Otters dance while they poop.   It was really amusing.  My sister and I watched both otters dance poop.  You really can learn something new every day!

Melting

The snow is mostly gone in town, but we still have quite a bit here.  Buddy Bean loves the snow, but he also loves his tunnels, so now is the best of both worlds for him.

There's still snow around the edges of the deck, but the center is melted so he can move his tunnels around!

As you can see, I'm going to have to come up with a way to keep the chickens out of my garden this spring:

Inside, I've started some seedlings.  Mamaw gave me these cute little seed starting pots:

Gyunay helped me plant some seeds:

 

January Eggs!

 We got 387 eggs in January!  By far, that is the most we've ever had in a month.  I've given away several dozen, and various egg dishes have been on the menu.  I've made souffle, deviled eggs, fresh pasta, breakfast burritos, scrambled and fried eggs.  I think I'll have to make brownies, just because my recipe calls for 6 eggs :)