Work and our new addition...

5/22/14 Two thought provoking things happened today. First we were at the Community Garden doing some service by mulching the walkways in between the plots when a 3rd grade school group came by on a tour of the Heritage Museum next door. CC, BIP boy, and Ace were filling wheelbarrows with mulch when one of the kids said, "Man, they are working hard! They must be in trouble." CC responded back, "No, we're homeschoolers." And she was thinking, we don't just get to see it, we get to live it. But I think the kid was thinking work is a four-letter word to be avoided at all costs. So I asked my kids, 'What is the purpose of life? To sit and be entertained and be good just to avoid bad consequences? Ace said, "No it's to fulfill the mission God has for you to do." I was stunned! What an insightful kid! So much for my 'teaching' moment not much to say after that.
We also went and got a new baby turkey. We found out they are called poults. We got a white one named Christmas and a brown speckled named Thanksgiving last week. In the spirit of the two occasions that we will celebrate with them we decided to get one more poult to give away to whomever needs it when it comes time: her name is Charity.
When the executive order came through that if we wanted meat we had to kill it ourselves, two things happened we reevaluated our stock and BIP boy asked for a sling shot to use on the Canadian geese and quail that he chases out of our pasture. Mr. B is looking up the laws that pertain to sling shots and wild animals now. Here is fair warning- Do not wander in the pasture early in the morning!