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Free Range Chicks

Our chicks hatched two weeks ago today at a big hatchery in the midwest. They made it through the sexing process (as featured on Dirty Jobs) and were determined to be female (males are culled), promptly put in a package, and shipped overnight to Keene, NH, where we picked them up the following day. We put them in a box that looked remarkably like a Dunkin Donuts' Munchkins box and brought them home, where they have since been underneath a heat lamp in our basement.

So today was, quite literally, their first moment out in the fresh air. They didn't know what to do at first, but they quickly settled down and started tearing up the grass, something at which chickens excel. Oh, and the girls enjoyed the fresh air too.

Easter at Nubi

We hosted Easter at Nubi this year. Deb's family came as well as both sets of grandparents. On Saturday it was pretty rainy, but the kids had a great time anyway, scootering around the neighborhood when it wasn't raining, and playing in the basement or reading together when it was.

On Easter morning we went to a 7 a.m. service at the Dublin Community Church. Afterward we had an Easter Egg hunt in the sunken garden. There were about ten kids total.

Afterward we had a nice Easter dinner. Everyone contributed something, and it was one of my easier holiday meals.

Snow?!? Really?!?

It has been one long cold spring.

One-Day-Old Chick Flick

Trampoline

Last year our neighbors put up their trampoline. It was pretty late in the fall as I recall, and because it was new, it was such a thrill that we spent every single recess and afternoon out there for a while. I do remember being out there with hats and gloves on.

This spring as soon as the trampoline went back up we were back. Here's Lila and Lee running around.

Weekend Free

The girls went to New Castle for the weekend, and Bridges and I had some time alone. We chose not to go away, but instead stay home and just relax and rest. We were both just over this crazy month-long virus that we had, and we slept a lot.

Friday was the best day weather-wise, and we took a glass of wine up to the horse pasture in the evening. I love the view from up there.