What a slacker!

I have to say that the last two weeks have been long and drawn out - yet flown by! Not too much has been going on - other than the usual! :)

I have been busy with a sick calf - who has taken up alot of my outside time, poor thing - we are hoping that he gets better soon! Phebe - the (hopefully) last Lab we will ever have - has been on a roll of mass destruction! She destroyed a planter full of flowers after I got them all ready, then she dug a hole in the new area of yard that we just leveled and seeded, she chewed up a shoe, she chewed up some irrigation drip line.. and then she killed all but four of my baby chicks! ARGHHHH....

The kids have been busy in school.... Little J has been having some "challenges" coping with other people lately, and that has taken alot of redirection and "patience" that is starting to really exhaust me! I hope that with a new month coming - I can get back to keeping the blog up to date... heres to hoping!

April Snow Showers bring May Flowers???

Yep - woke up to snow on the ground and snow falling... You have got to be kidding me!!
Oh well - I guess the plants I set in the garden are toast - nothing like the weather to help stimulate the economy by making people buy more plants! Arghhhhh!!!!

Easter fun

Sunday was a gorgeous day! We were able to have our Easter Egg Hunt outdoors! The Easter Bunny went easy on the boys - who decided after last year that there was no such thing as an Easter Bunny! Neither boy complained or had any negative feedback this year - what a relief!!
Since each kiddo had their own individualized hunt for eggs and prizes - they worked together to help each other!

Big Al hunts around a tree for one of his clues.. while lil sis is telling him to look for an egg! We heard the word "duuuuuuhhhhh" muffled - but not quite enough!

Miss O had to be involved in EVERYTHING! Here she is helping Little J try to open his egg to find a clue!

Miss O and Little J seem to work pretty well together when it comes to stuff like this... unfortunately - they are very much like two peas in pod when it comes to behavior!

Someone had a clue to check for eggs in a hen-house!! How original!! Good thing the hens did not get upset about it!

The gruesome threesome enjoyed the beautiful morning while doing the hunt.. we all probably walked about 2 miles before it was all said and done!

The Easter Bunny must have been on a tight budget - or he/she finally figured out that the kids (Big Al) literally make themselves sick by eating all the candy in 15 minutes or less! This year it was more little toys and less candy! Here - Big Al is showing off his goods!

Miss O had a blast! She really gets into parties and celebrations of any kind... she squealed most the morning and had to talk all about the "wab-it" that brought her stuff!

Little J, who was the nay-sayer last year had only good things to say about the easter bunny this year - hmmmm imagine that!

I hope that everyone had a wonderful day with their families!!

No longer babies... now little "men"

Mooooooooo to you says Brownie - who was fortunate enough to only get one shot out of the whole deal!
Baby shows off his new "do"... he was not happy!

Bambi just gives up and sports his new duct tape look!

Ahhh the wonderful act of banding! Poor Baby!

What Sunday afternoon would not be complete without taking away the man-hood of a couple of bull calves??? Bambi and Baby got their shots, horns pasted and their "unmentionables" banded off! We put duct tape over the dehorning paste this time, as Cuddles managed to rub all his off - hence the fact that he got his redone this time! Both babies did fairly well, considering!

Last Tournament of the year

Well, Saturday was our LAST wrestling tournament of the year - and probably the one that was the best and the worst!
The Good.... the gym was not too crowded, the school was nice, things moved pretty fast and it was really organized, oh and Big Al won 3rd place!
The Bad.... both boys had really tough competition! Including each other!
The Ugly... in the consolation round, Big Al and Little J had to wrestle each other... the winner of that match would go on to wrestle for 3rd place... I actually added video this time :) as it is both my boys - so yelling at them was justified!! haha! Actually, it was a tough match, which I think that they both enjoyed... until the end! Big Al beat Little J on points... 14-4... He was unable to pin his little brother, who did put up a fight! Both boys hugged at the end, and Little J actually was smiling before walking off the mat.. then, all Hell broke loose! Little J stormed up to his seat in the stands and was completely unconsolable for the next 45 minutes. Tears, violent rocking, kicking... it was UGLY! Not until he walked off the mat did he realize that HE was not getting a medal... he believed 100% (and still does) that his brother is 100% responsible for him not getting one! No matter how many times you tell him the FACTS, like his brother still had to wrestle again to get a medal and actually win... does not matter.. according to Little J its all his brothers fault.... oh well... whatcha gonna do? The kid is totally NOT reasonable when he gets in one of his moods.. which happened to last the whole rest of the day... argh!

Here are the two brothers getting ready to face off in the consolation round!

Big Al, sporting his bronze medal after his 3rd place win!

This video below is Big Al finishing off his 3rd place match!

I am very thankful that wrestling is OVER! No more major sports stuff until fall!! Whoo hoo! The nice thing is that next year, the boys won't have the threat of having to wrestle each other since they will be in different age brackets... what a relief!

The match of the season

Last night, Big Al and Little J had their end of season inter-league wrestling match. Unfortunately, our worst fears came true... the boys had to wrestle each other! Big Al was extremely cocky prior to the match, saying he was going to cream his little brother on the mat... this of course got Little J's confidence way down.
I had to video the whole thing of course - which I can't post - due to the fact that I broke my promise to myself to keep quiet and just record.. haha! It is a challenge to cheer for both evenly... it didn't happen of course, I did end up cheering louder for Little J, since he was by far the underdog!
In the end, Big Al pinned Little J in the final round - near the end.. I think that Little J was worn out! Both boys made me proud by congratulating each other and being proud of how they did. Little J was happy with himself that he didn't cry!
The boys placed 1st and 2nd in their bracket and got another nice medal to add to their little collection!!

Big Al is 11!

Today, Big Al turned 11!

Wow how time flies!!!
Happy Birthday!!!