break

It is spring break in our neck of the woods.  The kids were happy that they had one nice day on Monday, and could get their poles out.  There were absolutely no fish caught, and if you look close, you can see that there was still ice on the water, but they were happy kids!  Sometimes I guess a little fishing is what you need!  Sadly, the weather is not looking too good for fishing trips the rest of the week!  Which is ok, we have other plans anyway!

For example, Madison had to return to work, so we have been doing a little baby watching!  It is a job we love so much!  This little girl is the sweetest!

Also, we are starting to advertise the puppies.  Since Dexter is Madison and Andrew's dog, the kids have also been snuggling him....knowing that he isn't leaving is making it a little easier to think about selling the others!  They are the cutest, sweetest little puppies!  They will make someone great dogs!

Harper and Quincy had an opportunity to do some community service yesterday.  We took a few animals to the family guidance center and let kids pet them.  The kids were pretty excited about the puppies, duck and baby goat.  Quincy had to hold the duck's bill because he kept pecking everyone.  I guess he did not want to travel into town!   :)

It was chilly and rainy and we had the animals under a covered walkway.  Harper forgot her jacket, and was pretty chilly by the time we were done.  She was convinced the puppy was cold too!  I don't think that was the case, but the pup seemed to like this arrangement!

Preston was not excited about taking animals to town, but he was excited to practice his driving skills, so he went along as our chauffeur.  He does a fairly good job, but we heckled him and tried to prepare him for driving with the DMV person later this week.  I cracked up when I snapped this picture and his eyes were closed.  We gave him a lot of grief about not doing the Bird Box challenge when driving us around.  He was not amused in the least!

Mallory is happy with her spring break position.  Evie seems pretty happy with it too!  Teaching is a lot of work, and the benefits are not always great, but this benefit seems pretty amazing!

On the way home from Topeka, Quincy asked if we could stop at Tractor Supply for feed.  I knew better than to stop.  I knew it was chick days.  I was hoping they would be sold out.  Guess what?  Not only were they not sold out, they were selling the week old babies for $1 so they could make room for new babies later this week.  So we got baby ducks for $1 each.  Hard to pass up a deal like that.  Plus, I would have paid full price because I have a problem.  Baby ducks get me every single time.  Every.  Single.   Time.  

Quincy does an excellent job taking care of her animals.  It makes me happy to see the kids loving life, and enjoying 4-H, and learning some work habits along the way.  No harm done.