We had Chris and Scotty's usual birthday steam-up again this year. Scotty is 9 already! We kept it a bit smaller this time but some new friends came from our homeschool group in addition to other friends and family and we had a great time. Of course we had the steam tractor running with steam hoist rides.
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We also tried a water balloon launcher this year.
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We finished it off with the ever popular potato cannon.
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Earlier last month, Eliza had two friends over to celebrate her new bedroom. The girls had a great time making stop motion animation videos, playing music, dying eggs with natural dyes, and visiting the animals.
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Eliza was thrilled to be able to show the girls her new loft bed.
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Meanwhile, Scotty has become quite a skilled tractor operator and he has really started to help out around the farm. Here he is hauling a load of compost up the driveway.
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Later he drove along while I shoveled the compost into one of our garden beds.
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He also pulled the trailer and hay loader for us the last time we picked up hay. It's really a thrill to see--he can even make the turns and line up the loader properly for the next run. In short, the kids are doing very well!
2 comments:
Wow! Sam will be green with envy when he hears this!
If I have any regrets from my childhood, it is that I didn't learn to drive a tractor.
w00t!
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