They are HERE!

The lambs have arrived...or should I say, "The grand experiment has begun!". Peter and I have been planning the first time Taylor would walk into the show ring since before she was born. We probably wouldn't have guessed it would be with lambs, however, none the less, here they are. Meet Ty (the bigger one--Short for Tiger {go MIZZOU}) and Rose (the smaller black one). Peter and Taylor welcomed them to our humble acreage last weekend. They both seem to be setteling in nicely, and are currently learning to walk on their halters. Taylor is learning lots, at the same time. Her primary concern is that they were "dirty and needed a bath" followed closely by the fact that they "were just toddlers, mom...you can never tell what they will do". Shearing and baths are in the works for this weekend. Do you use woolite on a lamb?

Easter

We had a great Easter weekend! Peter and I spend Good Friday in preparation for the busy weekend. We had a fabulous photo shoot with the girls in their Easter dresses (good news!!! Sarah Beth figured out how to pick her nose during the shoot!). We then took time to have a good ol' Iowa breakfast with the girls at a family diner. Saturday was marked with daily preparatons including the coloring of the Easter Eggs and going through the resurrection eggs. Sunday was marked by a nice church service and fried chicken lunch. The girls had a great time looking at their baskets and hunting eggs. It was topped off with the annual decorating of the bunny cake, which later had to be pitched due to the sugar ant problem in my kitchen!

Rae's new "do"

Our beautiful Raegan has a most striking face and haunting eyes...however she has not been blessed with gorgeous golden locks (yet). She doesn't even refer to her hair as "hair", but calls it her "crazies". Fortunatley for her, she has an awesome head shape and can pull off a short do. This compounded by the fact that she viamently opposes any form of "hair pretty", as we call them at our house, lead us with only one solution. We consulted our family stylist, Holly, (or as Rae calls her "Pollywood") with our delimma. She suggested a short, easy, feminine style (posh spice) that we are all ABSOLUTELY in love with for her. We don't fight over keeping hair ties or barrettes in and it takes literally 2 seconds to do in the morning. She feels very sophisticated and confident since, "Pollywood cut all my crazies off!" in her own words. We have decided that she might be our one who is on the cutting edge of fashion and who knows what else...she tends to walk to the beat of her own drum!

THE TOOTHFAIRY COMETH!

We have entered the phase of "monetary compensation for your loss." Taylor has LOST her two top teeth and has FOUND that it is to her benefit that the toothfairy very rarely has change for a $5. We quickly explained that her new form of income is not viable in the long term, as the tooth fairy only rewards the top two more greatly, as they are the most noticeable. We then had to reiterate this fact when tonight, as she was sitting on the couch, she was trying to loosen another tooth by slugging herself in the mouth, in hopes for another visit from her nocturnal friend! Peter was so proud. She hasn't decided how to "invest" her new found earnings, but has mentioned that it is between some sort of barbie and buying a tent for the "poor christians" in India. (Church missions project). Aunt Alicia was pleased to discover that her "S" sound was only minimally affected by her losses. Peter and I just can't believe that she is growing up so fast! Each time she looses a tooth, we hold it in our hands and reminisce about the day that tooth came in. Morbid, I know, but makes us realize that we only have her for a season, and that season goes by pretty darn fast!