4's Orientation and the turnpike

Seamus had his orientation for his second year of preschool today. It was just he and Grandma. Grandma's report "this kid is an old pro at preschool!"  Seamus's report "it was only a short day today. Will the truck on fire be on the news?"  Lol he heard on the radio this morning that there was a truck fire on the turnpike and now he is concerned that we won't be able to get to our cousins' house! When you are worried about that, it is no wonder school wasn't all that exciting!

WE GOT AN EGG!!!!

Finally, after 5 months with the hens we finally got an egg yesterday.  Katie went to the barn to check on feed and water.  She called me to say I needed to bring Seamus over STAT.  Thankfully, there were two adults so we could capture his reaction of finding the first egg.  Somehow, he even carried it home and didn't break it!! And that was with dropping it several times!

Fair Parade

This video just shows his pure joy and excitement for the parade and the fair.

The Fair

A bunch of photos from fair week. 

Cloverbuddy judging. He made his poster on his chickens but mainly told the judge about his mean rooster, Mr. Friday. 

Parade time with Sophie and Bella, two of our other cloverbuddies. 

His painting if trees got second place!

Riding the merry go round with Kailee. 

The first of many corn dogs for the week. 

Riding a pony like he has been doing it his whole life. 

Barn duty, cleaning the aisles. 

Helping Addie feed the pigs. 

Being a good ball at one of the horse shows. 

One of the ribbons his hens received and his cloverbuddy trophy. Not sure about the pose, but he did it for every picture that day! 

Chickens

Seamus loves his chickens. Here are a few photos of him visiting with the ladies. 

This is one of the three feather heads. They are his absolute favorites because they let you pet them. 

This is Nubs. He survived an attack from a raccoon or something but lost a toe in the massacre. He is one of the meat chickens. 

Water Fun with Carson!!

Today, the boys and I made a giant water "bed" in the back yard. They ha so much fun with it. And it didn't break!! This little craft brought about three hours of backyard fun in the shade. They had already spent about an hour in the driveway riding their bikes through the sprinkler yelling "Sheetz car wash!!" 

Gymnastics!!

Amanda has talked about how much her kids enjoy gymnastics and Seamus loves to tumble and do "cartwheels", we decided to enroll him in a summer session. I am not too impressed with the one teacher so far but Seamus says they are both nice. He really enjoyed the first class and told me "I got really tired in there and the bars (uneven) are scary but I still did them!" He's ready to go back next week. 

Teacher in top picture, not so good with the kids. Teacher in bottom picture, pretty good with the kids. I'm thinking both are college age and might just be "stuck" with this class.