I finally picked out a bike trailer for the little girls to sit in so now we can go on short bike rides! We mostly just go around the neighborhood since we don't have a bike rack for the car so we can't go anywhere.
We also finally got brave enough to talk to our neighbors about having our chickens in their backyard! Since our HOA specifically says no poultry, we've been without our fresh eggs for months! Our neighbors are really really nice and are totally fine with having our coop over there! We even already had a gate to go in between yards so it's prefect! They just don't want the kids running around the yard, probably a liability thing. We ordered a chicken coop and Daniel and the kids spent a Saturday putting it together. It is much smaller than we pictured it would be but it holds our 3 birds!
We were really hoping to get our 3 chickens back. Of course I'm not sure we would have been able to identify them! When we went to pick them up from the guy who was taking care of them for us, he already had 3 chickens in a cage when we got there. He said he went out to get them and they all took off in to the trees. He was able to grab these 3. We were a little disappointed that we at least didn't get to try and find ours. We know for sure that 1 of them is not one of our originals. One of them might be because she got excited when we shook the bag of dried worms at her and the third, we're not sure. But they are all laying and seem happy in their little coop. Eventually we will build a fence around the coop so that they can come out and roam around a little bit. I am just excited to have fresh eggs again!
The kids have been doing a good job of doing chores lately. They get paid .25 cents for every chore they do. Some of the things they do are: empty the dishwasher, sweep, clean the bird cage, set/clear the table, empty the garbage and help with Opal.
Addie set her mind on a LEGO set that she has been wanting for awhile. She saved up for a few (maybe 2 or 3?) months until she had enough to buy it! She did spend a few dollars in the middle on some fake nails which I think she regretted later. It has been a great learning lesson for them!
This little girl is starting to fight naps. We had a week or two where she just wouldn't take them at all. We are almost to the point where it is easier to let her stay up than to fight it. But honestly, I am just not ready to give up my quiet time yet. I need that break from hearing little voices! Lately she has been napping again and I love it! We have to go through a whole routine first before she will even consider laying down and most days I sit in there reading until she falls asleep. It's a good excuse for me to sit down and put my feet up for a few minutes!
The temperature has been rather warm here! We had quite a few days in the 90's. The kids have spent hours outside in this pool!
We have 2 window A/C units that were going full blast on those hot days but our bedroom is always too warm at night. I tried to make one of these DIY air conditioners so that I could get some sleep! I feel like it worked for the first couple of days but then I couldn't tell the difference any more. Guess I'll just have to stick with the fan blowing in the window!
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