Fantastic Four

We let our four youngest birds outside to play on Sunday.

At some point in the late afternoon we found them on our porch.

Obviously Pepper didn't mind... she didn't even bark.
I'm not sure if that makes her lazy or well trained.
We've been working with her on leaving the ducks and chickens alone.
It's one thing to be on the opposite sides of the fence and another to live with them.
She's done pretty good so far... everyone is still alive!

While they are cute and friendly, we don't want our feathered friends on the porch.

They leave too many bombs!

(One is too many in my opinion... although the bomb cleaner doesn't mind.)

Inspecting the dog bowl.

This rooster, which we've named Ra, is quite friendly.

If he was human, I'd say he was a people person.

The crazy bird jumped into my chair to join us by the campfire.

Honestly, we hope he stays friendly.

I'd rather have a friendly rooster than an angry one!

The four of them don't like to be separated.

If you take one, the others will squawk like crazy.

They even follow us around the yard, which is really cute.

We definitely live on the funny farm!

Just for Mom

The men of the house pampered this mom quite well for Mother's day.

Actually, it started Monday with a blizzard from Nolan.

Friday, Connor bought me dinner.

Sunday morning I got breakfast in bed.

And to top all that off, Dwayne made homemade chocolate chip raspberry muffins for me!

These are our favorite muffins.

I also got to spend some quality time quilting.

In the evening we had a fire and roasted meatballs and

marshmallows (not together... that's yuk).

Needless to say I've been well fed!

Tub Time

 

Over the weekend we let the ducklings have some swim time in the tub.

They looked like drowned rats.

Their feathers haven't come in yet, so they're

stuck with their not-so-water-proof down.

Still cute and so much fun to watch.

They had a blast splashing and swimming.