What Are We (the males in my house) Thinking???

Well the big news at our house this week is that Brian and Nick decided we needed MORE chickens....what????? So Nick once again did hours of research on what breed they should get next and made his decision. Then he found out he would have to wait until the end of March to get the kind he decided on so he promptly changed his mind and got the ones in stock at IFA...which are the same breed as one of the chickens we currently have and he is thrilled. :)They have them all set up in the basement with the heat lamp and they are like proud new papas.

When I first heard they were getting more I put up a lot of resistance until Brian asked the question, "How will this affect you?" As I thought about it...it doesn't. :) I don't feed them, take care of them, clean up after them or really even look at them very often. So, I backed off and let them have their fun. :)

Hailey had a neat experience this last week at her basketball game....it was one of those moments that you hope your kids can have at least once to feel awesome! Her team was down 16 to 6 in the second half but they slowly were getting back into it. With about 10 seconds left in the game they were down by 2 and Hailey was fouled taking a shot. She missed the first one so my thought was that she should miss the 2nd one on purpose to try to help her team be able to get the rebound and go for the last shot. She didn't miss the 2nd one on purpose, but she DID miss her 2nd free throw, ran up and got her own rebound and put the ball in at the buzzer to tie the game and send it in to overtime with all of us parents cheering wildly in the bleechers. :) It was awesome and she was so excited! They were down by 2 again with 1 second left in overtime and her team was taking the ball out underneath their own basket. They threw it in to Hailey and she got the shot off but unfortunately it bounced off the rim and didn't go in. But that didn't matter...it would've been nice to win but she had that moment in time that made her feel like a hero and she left the game feeling great. It just goes to show that winning isn't everything but I'm so grateful for moment's that build a child's self esteem and makes them feel like she felt in that moment!!

Below is a picture of what she thought of her vegetable soup...hated the soup...loved spelling things with the alphabet noodles. :)