{Kindergarten}

Our cute little Taylor Jane started Kindergarten yesterday.
She has been looking forward to this day since she did the Kindergarten testing last spring!


I gave her a choice of me taking her the first day of school or her riding the bus. The bus won.
But I did feel better when we picked her up and she told me the bus was too noisy, her feet wouldn't touch the ground, no one sat next to her, she kept sliding off the seat and she didn't have a seat belt....only the bus driver!
She then asked me this morning if I would take her to school. Nope. Sorry Missy. You had your chance! :) She better learn to love it, come 7:25 am all year round she will be getting on that bus!

Today was a different experience. I think she was just a little too nervous yesterday that every little thing was just wrong in her opinion.
Today she sat with one of the girls in her class, she didn't complain about the noise, or her feet being able to touch. She loved it.

Meet Scratchy.

No time outside is spent with out one of the two kids hauling this poor cat around. Sometimes the poor thing is being hauled upside down while in Parker's arms but Scratchy still lets the kids catch her/him (I haven't looked at the gender....)

I did shed a few tears, but I survived. Now this coming Monday I will probably cry again, because it will be Parker's turn to go to pre-school. What will I ever do with two mornings a week will all that time just to myself??!?!??

I am sure I will find something. :)

{Another} New Addition(s)

Back in September I posted about a new addition to our family.

Since then, one day while out feeding good ol' Snow White. I noticed something.

There was two of them. Identical. Both gray. Both very wild and ran from me.

Who knows how long we actually had two cats and just kept seeing one, then maybe seeing the other not realizing we actually could be seeing two entirely different cats.

So we were fine with two.
Still not knowing the gender, Taylor named the other one Cinderella.

Fast forward to about two weeks ago. I went in the barn to see how we were doing on cat food. I knew one was outside the barn (that is what reminded me to go check them) and when I went inside I saw the other.

It was FAT.
Not just gaining weight because it was eating too much fat, but pregnant fat.

Troy saw the Momma a few days ago and agreed. It was going to have kittens.
And soon.

This afternoon, I was curious to see if we had any new kittens. I went in search.
I heard them.

But searched every corner of the barn. No luck.
Then I took a chance and climbed up into the barn rafters.

Sure enough. I saw a box, with the Momma's head sticking out the top.


I crawled my way towards her and sure enough (as she jumped and ran away from me) there they were.

Six to be exact. New ones too.
Now, I don't like cats but these kittens were cute....something innocent and cute about 'newborns' :)


After getting my camera and making my back up to them, I was being watched while I took pictures. She still wouldn't let me touch her, but this was the closest she has ever let me get to her.

And then again after I climbed down and was leaving....



If anyone wants a kitten (or two) in the close future, let me know. We will have some to give away.

P.S. Isn't our barn the greatest, non-ghetto barn around?!?!? :) It's old, really old. Give me a break! LOL

P.S.S. I guess we now know we have one female and one male cat. Great. Lots of kittens......they are both good mousers so I am not getting rid of "Mommy" or "Daddy" just kiddos. ;P
The Dad is our Cinderella, hahahhaha

A New Addition

We have a problem here out on the farm.

We added a new addition to our home to help solve the problem.

I am not a fan, but if it helps....it helps.

We tried for three, but only one stayed.

Introducing.....





This afternoon after feeding the new little one, I asked Taylor what we should name it. I don't know if it's a boy or a girl, but it's name is "Snow White." It's not white either. It's gray.

You can't squash the name given by a three year old.
So Snow White it is.

It's very wild (GOOD....it stays away from me=less annoying!), and watches from a far while you are giving it it's food. Then waits until you are long gone before it eats.

I thought Takoda might kill it, but so far she has pretty much left him/her alone. :)

Hopefully this will take care of the mice in the cars problem.

Gross I know.