Yucky Weekend

Okay, it seems like every weekend is one extreme in weather or the other. Last weekend was warm and sunny. This weekend's forecast was cold and 3-6" of snow, SNOW!!!! Well, it did snow and sleet and rain but nothing really accumulated. Today (Sunday) it is warmer, if 45 degrees is warmer. Derek tied our bottle calf Smokey up out in the sun since it had been in the barn for several days. She is doing really well and sucks the milk out of the bottle rather fast. We now have a bottle holder we clamp on the gate and can go about other chores. She has a lot more energy and was not real happy about the halter.

Smokey at about 2 weeks old. Since she is a heifer should it be "Smokie"?

I bought this ride on tractor for Wyatt to ride outside, and as soon as we got it together the weather turned off bad. He has enjoyed riding it around the house this week. The first couple days we had to pry him off it to take a bath. I even hid it one morning so we didn't have a melt-down as we left for school.

Wyatt found the screwdriver and is trying to "fix" it like we were doing when we put it together. There are stickers that go on it to make it look more like a tractor, but the screws are stripped out and I am going to have to glue it together (it WAS pretty cheap for a JD toy).

Getting the yard-work done

This weekend my parents came up to rural Andrew County and helped with a little yard work. The weather was beautiful and with a couple extra eyes we could get stuff done and Wyatt was well-watched over. Derek and I also gained possession of a heifer calf (rejected twin) that had trouble taking a bottle. After many days of working with her and the bottle and tube feeding we are glad to say she started taking the bottle! Derek wants to call her "Smokey", several people in the area burned off their fields this weekend, so the air was a bit smokey. Stay tuned.....

Grandpa Tom giving Wyatt a ride in the wheelbarrow.

I bought Wyatt this little watering can so he can help me with the flowers and the garden. Being the classic boy, he would pour the water in the dirt and then put his hands in the mud it created.

This bucket of water was pumped out of the well, Wyatt got good at filling his watering can with water and then he started putting handfuls of dirt back in the water. He last bit of action was putting his entire arm in the water and splashing it everywhere!

More snow and a circus

Not much to report from NW MO, the weather has not been great so we have been hunkered down in the house waiting patiently for Spring! Last weekend we got 5 inches of snow and this weekend is has rained and turned cold again after a fairly warm week.

Allison and Cole Schweiser took us to the Shriner Circus this weekend. We had a great time but were tired puppies all afternoon.

This circus was legit, it had elephants, trick dogs, acrobats and clowns. Very entertaining!

Last weekend we got a bunch of snow, luckily all of Derek's cattle had calved and the calves were up and kicking. Derek tried to get Wyatt a ride on this calf, it wasn't as enthused!

This calf was as curious of Wyatt as Wyatt was of him.

Good calf, my camera was slow and I was too late to get a picture of these two touching noses!