and I didn’t have a good title for a post, but wanted to summarize a few things that have been going on around here.
1. The three middle kids – Angelina, Zeke & Graham – have slept out in the tent for the last two nights. They set it up at the end of the tree rows, so are a distance away from the house. They brought our old covered fire pit and have been cooking breakfast and dinner over the fire! Yesterday I didn’t see any of them until shortly before lunch when Zeke came back to use the bathroom.
2. Dash is making progress (FINALLY!) in getting his subjects completed.
3. A new, larger pool has been ordered and the kids can hardly wait. They spent a lot of time swimming last year. We’ll need to do a bit of work to level the ground before setting up the new pool, but it will be well worth the effort.
4. I’ve made more progress on clearing the flower bed of weeds, but we sure could use more rain to soften the ground. It comes up in clumps which I then have to break up to level off the surface. I’m tired in about 20 minutes!
5. Almost all the supplies for the next school year are on hand and I’m almost done creating the necessary lesson plans. I’d like to have all that figured out before heading to the MN Homeschool conference next week.
6. We finally have a broody hen! She’s set up with a clutch of eggs and we hope this experiment goes well.
7. Cloth diapering is going well. There have been days where we’ve only used them at night…sending Louis out to the tractor with cloth diapers is just not practical! However, we have days, like yesterday, where it’s only cloth. In fact, I did make the decision to order diapers for the new little one coming. However, because my ‘little’ ones tend to be pretty big, I opted to buy the regular sized instead of infant sized. The way I see it, we’d only be using the infant for maybe 2-3 weeks and then the baby would be into regular sized cloth diapers. 2-3 weeks is not enough time to justify the expense.
8. The vegetable garden. It hasn’t been planted, yet. But, today is looking like a nice day. Maybe I’ll sneak outside and get it done!
I am very interested in what size pool you are going up too! Pictures or any measurement size would be appreciated. We got our first pool last year (very very cheap from a grandpa) it is only good for 2 kids. Wonder if it is worth the investment to go bigger. Wonder if the water will heat up to make it fun for swimming!!!
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happy friday
Christine, we are getting an Intex 18' x 48" pool w/ saltwater pump and sand filtration system. We had a 10' x 30" (approx) soft sided Intex the last couple years. With four kids in it, it was just too small! I have a solar cover that may or may not help heat it up, but am hoping the kids won't mind either way. My cousins had a 48" or deeper pool on the farm as kids, and I remember it being chilly for a 'string bean' with no fat on her bones!
ReplyDeleteBelieve me, I did a lot of reading before going for this. I considered the 16', but we have a lot of kids and that extra space will not go un-used. I also thought about the 52" depth, but 48" seemed like enough to still have a good time and this size was on sale at Target.com.
You could always try the soft sided Intex (they are under $100) to see if you like having a larger pool than what you had last year - ours lasted 2 years. Louis even went in last year; both he and Graham always wore life jackets.
THANKS! We have a solar cover also, however, I like it as warm as a bathtub...so soft I am!
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