So I am sitting here in DIA. Sitting waiting for my flights "OK" to leave. Waiting. Sitting. Questions keep running through my head. Questions like:
"Why did I leave my power cord in my checked suitcase and not in my carry on?"
"Why did I put my four chickens for my four chickens at home in my carry on?"
"Why am I sitting in an airport and not hanging with the 'Big Deal' that dropped me off?"
"Why am I blogging about my chickens chickens being in my carry on and not my power cord?"
Things that make you go hmmmmmm...
March 30, 2010
March 20, 2010
Hunting for Treasure
We went for a treasure hunt the other day and some interesting things happened. It is very interesting to me just how my chickens different personality's come out and 'the great treasure hunt' was no exception.
We set out with a super great map, a camera to document our findings and hopes of treasure at the end.
As we set off our first task was to jump over the canyon of craziness and once on the other side the personalities started to come out.
Michael was super excited for well, pretty much EVERYTHING.
Rebekah was excited because she was outside with Justin and her Michael.
Justin was happy to be exploring.
Brittany was skeptical.
The next task was to find the abandoned tower of the princess. On our way to the princesses tower we saw a ferocious lion, we had to walk slowly and try to avoid him seeing us.
And then oh how the skepticism grew.
"Mommy, that's not a lion."
"Mommy, he is NOT ferocious."
"Mommy, there is no treasure is there?"
I almost gave up right there, but there was treasure to be had and the other chickens wanted to find it. So we set off again, around the tower past the dragons, and at last we found the treasure. HA I showed my little skeptical chicken what was what. And oh my how her tune changed...
"Mommy, that was SO cool"
"How long did you plan that?"
"Mommy can we do that again?"
Yup, worlds best 'Mom O Chickens' here.
WHERE IS MY AWARD?!?!?!?
We set out with a super great map, a camera to document our findings and hopes of treasure at the end.
As we set off our first task was to jump over the canyon of craziness and once on the other side the personalities started to come out.
Michael was super excited for well, pretty much EVERYTHING.
Rebekah was excited because she was outside with Justin and her Michael.
Justin was happy to be exploring.
Brittany was skeptical.
The next task was to find the abandoned tower of the princess. On our way to the princesses tower we saw a ferocious lion, we had to walk slowly and try to avoid him seeing us.
And then oh how the skepticism grew.
"Mommy, that's not a lion."
"Mommy, he is NOT ferocious."
"Mommy, there is no treasure is there?"
I almost gave up right there, but there was treasure to be had and the other chickens wanted to find it. So we set off again, around the tower past the dragons, and at last we found the treasure. HA I showed my little skeptical chicken what was what. And oh my how her tune changed...
"Mommy, that was SO cool"
"How long did you plan that?"
"Mommy can we do that again?"
Yup, worlds best 'Mom O Chickens' here.
WHERE IS MY AWARD?!?!?!?
March 19, 2010
They Are After Me!!!!
Wednesday as you all know was St. Patrick's Day. We have been studying the origin of holidays in school but somehow this one got lost in translation. I was meeting my wonderful husband of 9 years (yes we got married on St. Patty's day, no we aren't Irish) for lunch so I had dropped Brittany and Justin off at Grandmas and was heading to drop the youngest two chickens off at their posts. While in the car driving to drop off Michael he randomly says to me...
"Mommy, I am not wearing green."
"That's OK Michael, you don't have to wear green its just something some people like to do."
"But Brittany and Justin are."
"Yup, they wanted to wear green today."
"So, they wont get me?"
"Who?"
"The tiny little people."
"Do you mean leprechauns?"
"Yes, Brittany told me if I wasn't wearing green they would come get me."
Oh my. We need to have a little talk with the eldest chicken.
"No Michael, the leprechauns will not get you, they are not real."
"Oh, good, I was gonna hide in my closet if they were."
"Mommy, I am not wearing green."
"That's OK Michael, you don't have to wear green its just something some people like to do."
"But Brittany and Justin are."
"Yup, they wanted to wear green today."
"So, they wont get me?"
"Who?"
"The tiny little people."
"Do you mean leprechauns?"
"Yes, Brittany told me if I wasn't wearing green they would come get me."
Oh my. We need to have a little talk with the eldest chicken.
"No Michael, the leprechauns will not get you, they are not real."
"Oh, good, I was gonna hide in my closet if they were."
March 15, 2010
Mommy-Block
Oh life has been crazy, mud caking, stick impaling, toothless smiles, Frisbee diving, lake swimming craziness, but at the same time I find myself strangely without 'blog worthy' stories. I have been racking my brain as to which subject or chicken to blog about. I could blog about Brittany asking every other day to read our latest blog and the look of utter dismay when I have to tell her there have been no posts of late. I could then blog on the finer points of Justin, but I am not writing a book here and most certainly not a trilogy. I then find myself thinking on Michael and his 'blog worthiness' and am coming up short, I guess I could write about how he lost his second tooth. Then comes Rebekah, and we all know how her post would start...her royal highness has bestowed upon her subjects...Yup I am just coming up short. I think you may even call it "mommy block". I just don't know what to do. So I am left asking some very hard questions...
What do the great writers do when they experience such a block?
Could it be that my chickens have stopped producing...blog stories?
Do I need more chickens?
What do farmers do when their chickens stop producing?
(I think I may not get any more chickens from my supplier if I follow the farmers route.)
Do I need to introduce a new item into my chickens environment to stimulate 'blog worthiness'?
What to do? What to do?
I guess I will just leave you with a lovely chicken picture and come back when the 'blogger-rific' stories return.
What do the great writers do when they experience such a block?
Could it be that my chickens have stopped producing...blog stories?
Do I need more chickens?
What do farmers do when their chickens stop producing?
(I think I may not get any more chickens from my supplier if I follow the farmers route.)
Do I need to introduce a new item into my chickens environment to stimulate 'blog worthiness'?
What to do? What to do?
I guess I will just leave you with a lovely chicken picture and come back when the 'blogger-rific' stories return.
