Carnival of the Animals or Weekend in Idaho

So Carsen and Raegan got to spend a couple of days with us a few weeks ago. It was fun to have both of them here. We fed the cute little ducks down by the falls and yelled a lot at the geese. This also involved a great flurry of kicking action and much yelling by a five year old to keep from being over run by aggressive geese. It didn't seem to phase Raegan at all but Carsen was not loving the large and obnoxious birds so much.

Later the same day we went out to see if Piper's and Tai's cat had had kittens. She hadn't so we drove down the road a ways and saw a baby donkey, baby horses, and a little Shetland, plus a bunch of big horses. The kids were very impressed by the vocal skills of the daddy donkey. Boy could he "hehaw" and very loudly. Carsen does a pretty fair imitation and I'm sure that he is working on perfecting it. The kittens were born the day after we had been there. We'll have to see them next time.

All in all, we had a very animalrific kind of day. Lots of fun to watch the kids. Who needs the zoo, all you need to do is come to Idaho in the springtime and hope like crazy it's not snowing!!

ARGHHHH ! ! ! !

Some days are just the pits. Yesterday the wind blew so hard and so long that I thought I would never get warm again. That is Idaho in March. I wonder why I choose to live here. It was below zero all day with the wind chill. That's ridiculous!

Today was warmer, the sun shone - hurray - but other frustrations rained on my parade. Arghhh!!! Maybe tomorrow (which technically is here because it now after midnight) will be sunny, windless and alright. Or maybe I'll just pull the covers over my head and just stay in bed.

Bailey Baby Boarding School

I have been scolded for not blogging, but I really have a hard time thinking of what to write. Last week was a fun week, so I'll share that.

We had Raegan for most of the the week. Her mom and dad said she was being sent to baby boarding school, aka "school for terrible twos". However, she is not terrible but she is two and that can be challenging. We had fun. Building towers with LocBlocs was great. She loved watching Blue's Clues, Carsen is not interested in that anymore. She liked Grandpa's jelly beans at his office and Adele's and Cathy's treats they always give her. I know. . . we all spoil her. She had Marshmallow Mateys for breakfast every morning, mostly the marshmallows. She liked calling the shots and not having to share that task with her brother. She really loved puzzles, sometimes it was more fun taking them apart than putting them back together. Bandaids are a magic cure for anything that hurts. Kisses work pretty well too. She likes to cook, we made "puffy pancakes", German pancakes, and she stirred so long that they were rather flat. It is fun being Headmistress Grandma!!!! So boarding school is in session any time they need it.