Showing posts with label Grand Kids. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Grand Kids. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 1, 2010

THREE IS MORE THEN ENOUGH / Kansas Farm Life / Mid West Simple Living

THREE IS MORE THEN ENOUGH.  Our goat Ginger had her kids the other day.  It was when Brian went to milk when he heard the sound of the babies crying.  Ginger had three kids again this time.  I went up to clean them off and see what they were.  Two males and one doe.  That night we thought all were nursing and doing fine.  The next day I went to check on them in the afternoon.  One kid looked nearly dead.  He was still and lying stretched out while the others were warm and sleeping.  I picked up this little one, so mad at myself for not checking earlier. Took him to the house and I forced him to drink the colostrum I had taken from his mother.  He didn’t try to suck, only was freezing cold and limp.  Eva and Isabelle held him near the fire place and kept trying to get some colostrum down his throat.  Miracles still happen! AT 2:30AM I heard him crying and I gave him more milk. 

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The next morning he was up on his feet, and Naomi held him the rest of the day until we had to put him in the barn.  

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Adelaide is here today and Prince Nibbles is now everyone's favorite baby.  Prince Nibbles will be Adelaide’s 4-H project for next years fair.

Saturday, November 27, 2010

Thanksgiving 2010 / Music from the Reids

 

How was your Thanksgiving?  Being thankful for our blessings is so important.  Now days with all the talk of how inflation is soon to be at our doors, and how we need to prepare for the deflation of the dollar, it’s good to be with family and friends to enjoy the comfort of laughter and great food and not think of the troubles our nation is in for awhile. 

We had a grand time around the table at our daughters house eating and  remembering past Thanksgivings at my mothers house when the children were small.  Those Thanksgiving meals meant so much to me because of the music and how the children were involved in sharing a song.  That’s when we learned to make the house ring with music and that musical desire continues even today.

Singing at Thanksgiving 2010

Wednesday, November 17, 2010

EVA and JETHRO / Kansas Farm Life / Midwest Small Farming / Natural Ranch Products

 

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Eva our grand daughter helped her Grand father for most the week-end.  She stayed up on the roof and handed him nails and held boards in place.  She is nine, and loves the outdoors and can be a bit eager but will stick with a challenge.

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Brian held her on Jethro  our donkey, for awhile and she wants to ride alone.  Jethro is a pain. He is always in the way and wants to eat your sandwich, drink your coffee, pull on your coat and push at your shoulders.  He means well, but can be obnoxious.

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Tuesday, July 6, 2010

HAY SEASON / Kansas Farm Life / Carolyn’s Natural Soap

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Hay season is finally here.  Brian is baling hay and the weather finally has become warm and no rain is in the forecast all this week. 

Monday, the boys were able to put a couple hundred bales in the barn.  It was very hot that day and I had to drive the  truck as they loaded. The bale wagon was not working.   Today, we hope to use the bale wagon so the boys won’t get as tired.

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Our grandsons are such a help.  Patrick and Chad are our oldest grandchildren and they are so faithful to help.  I asked them if they wanted to become farmers and they both declined.  As Brian and I get older we wonder who could be interested in farming among our grandchildren. Maybe our oldest daughter and son might as they can see the importance of living off the land and being self-sufficient in today’s economy.  Time will tell any way so not to worry just be thankful.

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Tuesday, May 25, 2010

BOB THE TURKEY / Kansas Farm Life / Carolyn’s Natural Soap

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My little granddaughter helped me mulch the flower beds and garden beds.  She loves to find worms and feed them to the chickens. She is in love with the baby chicks and plays with them and is training them to stay on her shoulder.  She also helps me hang laundry and (shoo) Big Bob away.

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( He’s the 30 lb or so Giant White Turkey).  Bob is so annoying and is constantly picking on our big dog Albert.  To day Albert got so mad that he pulled feathers out of Bobs’ behind which did nothing to stop Bob from his constant attacks. Albert tried to hide in the brooder with the chicks.

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