School’s out!! And so are the baby chicks! Glad to have my garage back, cause boyyyy are these girls smelly. Also, it’s possible that saggy britches is eating a dried mealworm here.
Run, Chicken Run!
Category: Kids
Table Talk
Classic dinner conversation at the Gillespie house. Hudson age 9: "Dad's name is Johnny but sometimes people call him John for short." Me: "Actually, his real name is John but we all call him Johnny." Dixie age 7: "So, mom (pauses) is your real name Feeb?" These two photos have nothing to do with the [...]
Our Newest Structure
There is so much I could say about the newest structure recently erected on the back pasture of our property...childhood at its finest. It was constructed 100% by the boys (and their neighbor bestie) out of repurposed scraps and hinges after Boone got a drill gun. He even purchased an exterior gate latch from Lowe’s [...]
E I E I O
What a month it’s been! Chicks, ducklings, sheep. It’s kinda become a joke with my husband, “What’s she gonna bring home today?” Well today I came home with bunnies! This whole homesteading thing is kind of addicting. Almost like a giant, real life FarmVille! Is that still a thing? The kids are all fantastic with [...]
Sunday’s are fundays
When we moved from our home in California, what we lost in square footage we gained in acreage! Because our garage had become kind of a storage unit of sorts, Johnny decided he wanted to get some shipping containers. We learned after our first glorious summer of thunderstorms that Colorado loves surprise hail storms. The [...]
‘Ello, Duckie!
As I recently told a friend, "I don't like cats and I am not really an animal person." Correction: I didn't like cats and I wasn't really an animal person. In October we caved and got a cat to take care of the mouse problem. Fast forward six months and we now have two cats, [...]
Here a chick, there a chick…
Yesterday was a big day. A few neighbors decided to go in on an order from an online hatchery (who "guarantees" female hens, so stay tuned for that one!) Anyway, we decided to start our little homestead with the gateway farm animal: Chickens! Ten of them! They were shipped on Monday with a estimated delivery [...]
DIY pool…
These guys decided 65° means it's hot enough to build a pool. Hey, everyone’s healthy and happy, so even though our internet pooped out halfway through the school day, I’d call Tuesday a success. It is Tuesday, right?
Louie Louie
We saw his cute little face online and had to adopt him into our family. Technically he's Lincoln and Boone's cat but I suggested the named they chose. Actually it was supposed to be "Louis" but that was too pretentious so we will spell it "Louie." Quarantining just got a whole lot cuter. This six [...]
Future PE teacher?
Day one of "social distancing COVID homeschool" got off to a shaky start. Four different grades, two different schools and eight different teachers sending us instructions on e-learning has me a wee bit overwhelmed. Here in the Forest, we have really crappy internet so who knows how this’ll go. But everything is gonna be okay [...]
Phoebe Gillespie 