We have honeysuckle! Walking outside and having the air smell of flowers is one of my favorite things about spring in NC. I have been eyeing honeysuckle growing wild in different places and devising ways to transplant it to our property. On Friday I was working in the back yard and our resident hawk dove at the chickens. Luckily they were right on the edge of the woods and took cover quickly. I ran over yelling and waving my arms to try to scare the hawk,  I'm sure I was super menacing...and saw 2 huge trees full of honeysuckle! Makes me so happy! The kids stayed up late last night trying to catch fire flies. No success, they were all up really high. But it was fun.



Having chickens has been more fun then expected. They are funny and silly and run with a super awkward comical gait all over the place. This fearless girl is Pheobe. She gets into everything. Here she is up in the cherry tree. The cats were not happy about it. The tree is a refuge to them, they are scared of the chickens.

 Summerfield's Founders Day celebration was this weekend. The boys had soccer early so the girls and Jason went to the parade and we met them there. We only saw the end, but a good parade is still fun. Grocery bags full of candy from this parade has spoiled my kids. They get soooo much! It is fun to go to a old fashioned celebration filled with friends and people you know.

 

Wristbands are super cheap so the kids rode rides to their hearts content. At the end of the day the girls decided they wanted to ride this little kid coaster. They giggled the whole time, Gracie being embarrassed I was taking her pic on it I think is hilarious. All of the kids did the loop to loop ride that goes upside down. Grace and Luke were done with one time. Noah went like 7 times, Sophie joined him a few times. After her first ride I asked how it was. Her response - appropriately terrifying. Then she promptly went again.

My favorite part of Founders Day this year was one of our local police force joining in on a line dance led by a kid on stilts. She was getting down and having a great time. I thought it was awesome. Maybe in another life I will have the rhythm and grace to be able to dance.

Updates -

Quinn gave this saddle to Grace. She cleaned it up and oiled it and it really looks beautiful! 

 This is the stronger of our two hives. This one has stored enough honey for the winter and know the bees are making honey for us to harvest!

Sophie getting a special award from Mrs. Walsh at school. 

A Decade of Sophie & Grace

It is so hard to believe my girls are 10!

 Sophie's mustache cake was tie dyed inside all colors. It turned out really cute. I was surprised that it still tasted good with all of the food coloring I used! Grace chose an ice cream chocolate dirt cake, complete with worms. The fluffy pillows are courtesy of Noah. He actually had me buy them so he could stay home and play minecraft,j( he had gotten his homework, jobs and piano done) but they were from him. Luke provided a nail decorating kit and  new soccer ball. Sophie's big gifts were her new glasses, which of course she picked out. She also go her ears pierced finally. She has been asking for a few years now. Grace's big gift was a bow and she also got a bathrobe of her own. Somehow seems funny now I write it. We gave her a super dangerous, yet made for kids, weapon and a fuzzy pink robe...We all laughed at Sophie, she blew and blew and still couldn't blow out her candles. Not trick ones, just good old regular candles. Happy Birthday to my sweet girls! My life is so blessed with them as my daughters.