Wyatt spent the night at our house last night. Wyatt is in Trey's class and they've become good friends this school year. He is from Danville, which if you know anything about the area where we live then you already know where this is going. Wyatt is a farm kid, a solid 80 pounds and almost as tall as Riley. He's all boy and his dad is a "man's man." Wyatt loves to hunt and fish and has already mastered the art of a "tall tale." I thought my boys were rambunctious until I met Wyatt. He's a pretty cute kid and they have a lot of fun together.
Wyatt told me he likes to get up before 5, while it's still dark so he can head to the garden with his shot gun to see if there are any deer eating in the garden. I thought this was one of his many stories, now I'm not so sure.
Wyatt and Trey got out of bed at 4am. They tried to wake Riley to go with them, but third graders must be a little wiser than first graders because Riley decided to stay in bed and sleep. They found the lantern in the box of camping supplies, got two water bottles and a bag of pretzels from the kitchen, and took off for the tree house with the paper jams guitar and the rubics cube. They made it to the tree house by 4:30, according to their report this morning. They woke us up at 5:30 to let us know that they had heard robbers in the woods and so they stayed hidden in the tree house for an hour. They managed to gather their supplies and make it out of the house without waking me or Eric, Cora, or Evan. I think I should be concerned about what they'll be able to pull off as teenagers! And, to ease the minds of worried grandparents and great-grandparents reading this post, Trey has been warned about how much trouble he'll be in if he leaves the house at dark alone again.
My husband is amazing. In about 10 days he built our boys a tree house, using every bit of spare daylight he had before and after work. He didn't do it half way either...this is a serious tree house. The roof is beautiful...green tin with waterproof roofing paper underneath. It is solid and sturdy. Eric had never built anything like this before, but that never matters to him. He finds a resource with instructions and just gets started. So, after 10 days and probably at least 10 trips to Lowe's, the tree house is complete. He used a book for ideas, but the design is his and I'm so proud of him.
The chickens, 29 of them, are now living outside. I'm so glad to have them out of my basement! The two old hens aren't sure what to think about these babies invading their coop. They are still be separated from the babies right now.
The garden is a sad little place right now. Time has been the issue, and not having a tiller. We decided that the tree house was the top priority right now and so the gardening has unfortunately taken a hit. The peas are flowering, and a few onions are in the ground. I have no idea what else, if anything, we'll take on this summer. Eric will be traveling so much for work that we have probably missed our window for this year. It makes me a little sad, but we can only tackle so much at once with Eric's work schedule. Hopefully we can start hitting the farmer's market and the visiting the Amish as the summer continues.
Happy Summer! If only my kids didn't still have seven days of school!
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