Guess what? We have new chickens! Four little henny penny’s ready to lay me delicious eggs, lots of them please ladies. They are at the point of lay but no joy yet, I’ll keep cooing at them and feeding them warm porridge on these frosty mornings because I spoil my hens. Crazy chicken lady. Let’s not talk about the demise of their predecessors and their fateful end, shall we? No. Good.
This little poppet has started sleeping through the night again, still no more than two bottom teeth to show for it though. Not much of a cough-cough remaining either (in the morning waking up yes, but not all through the night like it was) but she is still always – like, always – rattly chested. Meanwhile, her hair is getting quite the length to it too, so the other day I purchased little itty-bitty-teeny-tiny hair ties. Eeeee!!!
Swimming lessons are going, well…swimmingly! Matt likes to scoff and eye roll a lot when it comes to Eleanor and her swimming lessons, asking her how many laps she did and other such hilarity. With a big ol’ dam right next to our house though I don’t find swimming lessons much of a laughing matter. Last week I really noticed a big difference, Eleanor’s word association is really good now once she learns something, so “kick kick kick” and off she goes! And “ready Eleanor? Under!” and down she bobs, big gasp of air preceeding. She can ‘swim’ to the edge of the pool from about a metre away with a good push, reaching her chubby little hands out to grab the edge. But hands down the most stressful part of parenting I’ve found so far? Getting a wet and cold and crying and tired Eleanor dressed after swimming, when I’m wet and cold too, sometimes wanting to cry. True story. Give me a newborn in the middle of the night any day. Thankfully now we’re a little more experienced we’ve got a dry/change/get mummy dry/change system down pat, and it’s much better. Phew.
The jeans situation is getting dire around here. My beloved Sportsgirl numbers which I bought as a lowly uni student have finally become far too ripped to even wear in the garden, which means they must now be banished to the rag cupboard in the shed. This all means that the hierarchy of jeans now moves down: a ‘good’ pair, becomes a ‘farm/garden’ pair, meaning only one thing: I need a new ‘good’ pair of jeans. But where are they all hiding? Preferably lighter coloured (my other ‘good pair’ from Jeanswest are a darker shade), slightly distressed but not falling apart, skinny leg without being horrible elasticated fabric which is hardly ‘denim’? Tell me!
Meanwhile, what’s with all the babies at the moment?! That stork has been busy. And when the stork’s busy, you know my crochet hooks are going ten to the dozen, yarning over and hooking through bonnets galore to keep these little Winter bubba’s soft delicious smelling heads warm. We’re off to meet Eleanor’s new baby cousin, Rafael, on the weekend – hurruh!
And still, despite my denial…the inevitable is happening. Eleanor will be one in June. Next month. Oh. So naturally, a party is planned, of the Peter Rabbit variety. Better get my head out of the sand about it all though and strap my skates on – much to be done before the big day!
What’s going on in your neck of the woods?
How many chickens is the perfect number? We feel four is good for us.
Is it raining babies around you too? I love it!
Lisa says
It is so tricky to get Bub dressed after swimming lessons! For both my kids, and I still do this every week after lessons (they are now 7 &4), rub some talcum powder over their bodies once you have dried them… It makes getting them dressed so much easier! Leggings etc just glide on instead of such a struggle!!
Emma says
Someone else told me about this to get sand off at the beach – thanks!
Nicole says
G-star are great jeans!
Jacqui says
Yes it appears to be raining babies around here too! My youngest daughter had some lot a chest problems advanced baby. Started with bronchiolitis at 6 weeks old (week long hospital stay) and the cough remained for 2 years! We tried medications, puffers, she was tested for Cf… In the end after lots of reading I ended up visiting a dietician. Changed our lives! It was her bodies intolerances to a lot a foods that was causing the inflammation in her chest. We simplified her diet and slowly reintroduced all foods over a year or so. By the age of 3 she was perfectly healthy and eating all foods again. Maybe something to research?
Jo @Countrylifeexperiment says
We have about 12 chooks, though the number varies. I hated getting cold wet kids dressed after swimming lessons too. I used to give them a cracker or something not too messy as soon as we got out of the pool in an attempt to distract them… sometimes it worked!
Brianna says
I love my country road jeans! Big time!
Elisabeth says
Esprit jeans the comfiest I’ve found. Have been wearing them for years, both for good and farm wear.
Sixteen chooks here and, yes, they get warm porridge if it’s really cold too!!
Chelsea says
I’m a crazy chook lady too- we have 2 chooks (Maisy + Daisy) who have just started laying since having them from March ! Hooray for fresh eggs! Swimming lessons are wonderful it really pays off when they are older too, my 3 year old now “knows” what to expect and there is no issues getting in the pool and he loves the fact he’s “learning to swim” . And my 1yr old is doing the same, kicking when’s he’s told etc.. The earlier the better I say! Can’t wait to see what you put together for Eleanor’s first birthday party ๐
Alison says
I wound up buying men’s jeans out of shear frustration. ALL woman’s jeans are now made out that horrible stretch denim. Good luck in your search and party planning!
LMJG says
We recently got 6 chickens after our last 4 also met an untimely death ( poor chickens). A much bigger coop was built and reinforced to prevent “visitors” getting in so we thought we might upgrade to 6 as we go through 2 dozen eggs a week with baking and 3 out of four kids loving eggs.
After the birth of number 4 a few months ago I recently purchased a couple of pairs of jeans from Trenery which I thought was the more expensive part of Country Road but I was proven wrong and the old Country Road jeans have been retired to garden duty.
Good luck with the party planning, number 3’s bday is also in June but he is turning 2 so no party for him this year (still recovering from last years!) xo
Stephanie says
Definitely raining babies here. Mike’s cousin had a little girl a few days ago. A girlfriend due in a week. Couple of mum’s group have had some little ones too. Ellie had her 1st two Saturdays ago. 16th May. We did a flower fairies costume party. Just don’t over do it. I did, late nights. Now sick with flu. Remember that enjoying the day is more important.
Hannah says
I fully understand the importance of a good pair of jeans! ‘Nobody’ jeans are possibly the most long lasting, perfectly fitting and true denim jeans I’ve ever owned.. I highly recommend!! Good luck on your search ๐