My little Kindergarten babies aren’t so little anymore. They are reading, adding, will soon be subtracting, and really growing.
Their academic growth is obvious. I see huge changes daily in what they can do. It’s so rewarding to see them have a “light bulb” moment. That very second when their developing brains make a connection, their eyes light up, and they see for themselves that they can DO what I’m telling them they have the ability to do!
Have I mentioned lately that I love Kindergarten?
Their physical growth has been harder to gauge.
That is, until this spring......
Their uniform skirts, which used to be way below their knees, are now several inches above!
Isn’t that so cute?!?
Gosh, they do grow fast, don’t they?
And to think that The Boss will be a Kindergartener herself next year!
lord help me
Now if you recall my last post, I stated that our new house has a barn.
I also stated that I had no idea what I would do with a barn but that I was sure I’d figure out something.
I think I know what I’m gonna do with said barn.......
That’s right...
CHICKENS!!
Free range chickens, to be more specific.
I figure, I’ve got a barn so why not use it?
and NO, I will not start going by Farmer Grandma Sandy.
The Grandma part is bad enough especially since I’m not even a Grandma.
Most people resist the title of Grandma even years after they have grandchildren and here I am starting a blog entitling myself Grandma Sandy, but whatever......
All last summer I was able to purchase fresh eggs from the Farmer’s Market here in West Tennessee.
Fresh eggs truly taste better and are so much better for you.
Fresh eggs have yolks that are a deep, rich orange color.
After you have fresh farm eggs a few times, cracking open a regular old egg from the store with its pale yellow yolk just kinda makes you feel....well....anemic or something.
Now don’t get me wrong. The first time I cracked open a farm fresh egg and saw that orange yolk it kinda grossed me out.
I wasn’t used to seeing that!
Eggs aren’t supposed to look like that, right?
Actually, they are.
So I’m gonna try my hand at chicken farming.
Maybe.
Not quite positive yet.
But pretty sure.
I’m at least researching it for next year.
I’ll let you know!
I also got some ridiculously exciting news this week from my cousin.
Take a look at this picture......
My cousin and her husband have been trying to have a family for several years. Recently they made the decision to undergo IVF.
She sent me this picture of the two beautiful embryos they transferred.
You can’t imagine how freaking excited I was when she told me a few short, yet looooooonnnng days later that she was pregnant!
I was hoping for twins, but so thrilled that it was one!
But wait.
It gets better.
This past week she texted me to say that she had just come from the Dr. and that they actually ARE expecting TWINS!!!
Originally, there were 2 sacs but 1 was measuring much smaller than the other and the Dr. anticipated that she would lose the small baby.
But her 10 week ultrasound showed two thriving, developing, beautiful babies with perfect heartbeats!!!
I’m so over the moon about her news that I literally have no words so I’ll just close with a few of my favorite scriptures.
Now faith is being sure of what we hope for and certain of what we do not see.
Hebrews 11:1
For you created my inmost being;
you knit me together in my
mother’s womb.
I praise you because I am fearfully
and wonderfully made;
your works are wonderful,
I know that full well.
My frame was not hidden from you
when I was made in the secret place.
When I was woven together in the
depths of the earth,
your eyes saw my unformed body.
All the days ordained for me
were written in your book
before one of them came to be.
Psalm 139:13-16
I waited patiently for the Lord;
He turned to me and heard my cry.
He lifted me out of the slimy pit,
out of the mud and mire;
He set my feet on a rock
and gave me a firm place to stand.
He put a new song in my mouth,
a hymn of praise to our God.
Many will see and fear
and put their trust in the Lord.
Psalm 40:1-3
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