Father's Day 2013

It is Father's Day weekend and I am sure that Scott will choose to spend as much time as possible at the farm.  We are getting 3 cows to graze our land and 70 chickens next week.  We have purchased a portion of one of the cows for next years beef supply and Scott is going to....shall we say..."tend" to the chickens in order to fill our chicken needs.  We now have about 15 egg-laying chickens and one rooster.  Our garden is looking good, so far we have everything in the ground that we could think of: tomatoes, garlic, onions, carrots, corn, pumpkins, squash, zucchini, melons...you get the picture...oh yes and a berry patch and small orchard with apples, pears and cherries.  Wow,  after writing it all out I realize how zealous...or over-zealous my husband is.  Though, there are times when I feel as though the farm is some what of a mistress,  I really do appreciate all the work he has put into our future homestead.  He works unbelievably hard during the week and then does some incredibly physically demanding chores down at the farm over the weekend and still finds time to be a very hands-on dad and a great husband, all with a smile (sometimes a grimace) on his face!  I made a very good choice when I decided he would be my partner in life.  At the end of this month we will have been married for 4 years... What a crazy four years!!!

Milo is starting to look less and less like a toddler everyday.  We have hit what many refer to as the "terrible twos".  I have been assured that this phase will not last forever.  He is very head strong and when he gets something in his mind he is ready to duke it out in order to get his way.  There have been some epic battles in our house lately over cookies for breakfast, ipad vs books, whether or not smothering Liesel is appropriate, juice or water and the extreme wrestling matches during diaper changes.  I would like to report that Mom always wins, but cookies have been served for breakfast.  The good news is that I have managed to keep Liesel generally safe from her brother.  It is very difficult to punish Milo when he is laying on top of his sister when she is grinning ear to ear while he dog piles her.  She LOVES her big brother!  I do have to brag about this little boy too.  Just last night we were at dinner and Milo had four pieces of candy lined up.  He was sitting in a rather pensive manner and looked at me and said,  "Mama, there are four"  and he held his little hand up and showed me four fingers.  He has also gotten very good at his strider bike.  We try to make it to the park on the weeknights.  Liesel rides in the stroller while Milo rides his bike.  Round trip it is about 1 mile.  The other night I asked Milo how far he road and he said, "One me".  I replied with "You mean, one Mile" and he came back with, "No, one Milo".  These kids...so funny. 

Liesel has patty cake down and is starting to giggle on a regular basis.  She so wants to crawl, but hasn't  quite figured out the motions.  She is sleeping through the night beautifully and I am happy to report that I get 7-8 hours of sleep more often than not.  We went to the pool for the first time on Friday and she could walk around the baby pool in her float.  She had no problems adventuring on her own and trying to make friends with the other kids.  She is so different from her big brother.  I am both thrilled and petrified to have an outgoing, adventurous little girl.  

Magazines are awesome.

Liesel and Reid

Milo helping Liesel Mary with her first slide ride.  

Swinging

Happy girl.

Liesel gets around great in her walker.  She really wants to be on the move.  

Grammy and Grandpa let us borrow their pop-up camper for the farm.  It has been wonderful to have it around.  Yep, we are those people!

Milo helping with the morning routine..."Here Liesel, eat this!"

Mo graduated from his Gymsters class at My Gym.