Baby Chicks Growing Fast

Dear Mates,

Today our little baby chickies are going in the big chicken coop. We’re a little afraid that the big chickens will peck on the little ones, so this is our big plan(well, actually Grandpa Jerry's big plan).

We’re going to get a box and make a little hole so that when the big chickens pick on the little ones, they can run in there and hide. We’re really excited and we wish you could be here.

Yesterday, I (Grace) went to my school for a visit with my homeschool teacher. There are two play grounds just like ours, except bigger and not any trees--its weird… maybe they just don’t want trees because they put too much leaves on the ground. Anyhow, I have to go there once a week to check in with Mrs. Needleman and take music lessons. I’m hoping to start with the piano. Maddie wants to learn the ukulele.

Love and happiness to all.

Gracie & Maddie

Princess is a Boy??

Dear Mates,

This weekend we moved our playhouse. Our Papa used the tracker to move it to the new place, and it was scary because one of the chains became lose, and it almost fell. Our Mama found some pretty blue paint and we painted the outside and she put up curtains and a door cover. Its really cool, AND Gracie got batteries for her CD player and now we can listen to music outside without the cord. Pretty cool.

Gracie caught a lizard, and named it Gangko. It was super small. We kept it for a while but thought to let it go, so it could go back to its family. We also caught a beautiful blue dragonfly. We let that go too.

Our chickens are getting big. Maddie named her chickens Snow White, Buttercup, and Beauty. Gracie named her chickens Fluffy, Golden, and Princess. We think Princess is the oldest. She might be a he, because she is getting a big bump thing on her head and darker feathers.

Do you know what that big red thing is called on a chicken’s head?

So, if Princess is a boy, we’ll have to change her name to Prince Tom, but for short we’ll call him Tom.

That is all for now. Bye, Bye. Gracie & Maddie

The Disappearing Plant

Dear Mates,

We saw a baby deer on the trail while riding bikes. It was the size of a dog with little white dots all over it. It was bouncing around and ran away, I think we scared it.

My mom and dad put in new shelves in the kitchen and we got to help out sanding them. It was fun, but only for a little while, then it was hard. My mom took pictures of Maddie and me. She is crazy.

A couple of days ago, one of our plants in the garden disappeared. There were no bunny tracks or deer tracks. Gracie thought that a bird swooped down and pulled it out. It was a mystery of what happen to our little plant. Then, yesterday, Papa saw a tunnel near the garden. He said it was a gopher.

Did you know that gophers can tunnel under gardens and pull down into the ground a whole plant at one time?!

Today there is a Farmers Market that we like to go to. There are two kids there that we play pretend fighting with. Last week we got to ride our bikes all the way to the market. It was fun. Welp, that’s all. Here is a picture of us helping out.

love you Gracie & Maddie