March 2014

 We started out March with Cade learning the joys of parenting a newborn.  He got to bring a baby home for the weekend for his growth and development unit.  He happened to get a fussy baby who needed to be patted and fed often, especially in the middle of the night.  The baby amazingly survived and he did well.  After the weekend his thoughts on parenting were along the lines of sticking the baby in a closet with a pillow over it's head.  Over the next couple weeks we saw several other high schoolers with their babies crying in the store or restaurants and had to laugh and be glad his project was over!  

 We were in the farm supply store and they had the cutest baby chicks!  How can you say no to that fluffy little thing?  We got 6! 

Here's the girls picking out what kind we want and learning about the different breeds of chickens.

The chick above is Willow and she is Cassidy's chick.  We also have an all white Leghorn named CJ for Carter Jr.  The rest of the chicks names vary depending on the day.  The girls, especially Cass are loving holding them and watching them grow.

 

Carter was able to have his cast removed and went into a walking boot and was able to return to full sports 2 weeks later.  Just in time for the last half of wrestling season.

 

 

 Over Spring Break we went skiing and snow boarding at Mission Ridge. The kids had fun and Carter was able to snowboard without any ankle problems. 

 

My running friends and I ran in the Ephrata Canal Caper 10K race and I took 1st in my age group. 

 

We are becoming quite the farmers here.  At the end of March we picked up our four 4H pigs. 

 

The pigs have really warmed up to the kids and come running to the fence now whenever the kids go near them to see if they have a treat to feed them.  So far Cami has named hers Hermione.  Carter's is Big Red.  Cade's is Pig.  Cassidy's is named Blackbeard because it has a black chin, although Cassidy insists on calling HIM Vanessa.  They will have to learn to work with their pigs and take care of them until fair week in August.