here a chick, there a chick,

everywhere a chick, chick... Old McLittle had a farm..

And then there were ...

25.. yes, 25... as in 11 chickens, 2 roosters and 12 chicks!! Rik and Cindy have been searching for this one particular hen.. they had finally resigned themselves to the fact she was "gone" .. as in dead.. carted off by a big bird of some sort.. * I kept saying I had seen her.. but they were doubtful* Rik was sitting at the kitchen table and he happened to see her fly down from the hay rack.. he went to investigate and discovered a huge nest.. he was pretty sure she was sitting.. The next day he checked her again and discovered one chick.. he wasn't sure how many eggs she had.. nor how many had hatched and decided to move her.. that was quickly decided against once he tried and realized she was hatching eggs left and right.. After he got off of work the next day he decided to move her to the coop.. once he gathered the hen, chicks and eggs up he said it went quickly.. we all checked the chicks.. have you ever seen anything so cute?? then tromped back in the house. He thought she had at least a dozen chicks.. After a bit of cuteness Rik and the kids came back in the house.. When Rik checked the next time he decided to remove the eggs that weren't hatched.. a full dozen.. while doing that he got a head count.. a full dozen chicks.. so now.. instead of having 11 hens and 2 roosters.. we have 25 total!! YIKES.. That's a lot of chickens/roosters.. so.. I'm thinking we'll become the "Green Acres" family.. any.day.now!

A boy and his Tractor...

Ben loves his PawPaw.. he especially loves his PawPaw when he gets the tractor out.. LOL.. He even let his cousin Sophia sit on it for a minute or two!

I made a wreath...

and I don't like it.. I've redone the bow... maybe I'll like it better now.. we'll see...







I've also added some fall leaves to my basket by the door.. it looks okay.. I guess I'm in a blah mood.. LOL

Look what I found out today...

Yep.. it's a .. girl!! Benjamin predicted Rik and Cindy would have a boy.. he was right.. he also predicted his mom would have a girl.. again, he was right.. not bad for a 2 year old is it? LOL...

Benjamin's Birthday..

it's been a week since Courtney had Ben's party.. she's been blogging about it for a bit but I wanted to wait until she was finished before blogging my photos.. not that anyone who reads her blog reads mine.. but .. just in case.. you never know.. *nah.. I know.. I'm the only reader here...LOL*
I can't believe Ben is 2.. such a fast 2 years.. he went from a baby to a little man recently as Courtney had his hair cut... such a handsome little man too!
Without further delay.. here are the birthday pictures!!

I made a tiered serving dish..

from 2 candle holders, a dinner plate, a salad plate and a tidbit dish... Used the good old E6000 glue... only I don't think it's that great. Works fine.. holds everything as promised.. but it's harder than heck to get it out of the tube. From day one I've had nothing but problems.. not... a... fan... Will find a different more user friendly product to use.. soon...
Make sure your dishes are clean and dry. Run a bead of glue on the bottom of the candle holder, place it in the center of the BOTTOM of the salad plate... do the same thing with the 2nd candle stick, placing it in the center of the bottom of the tidbit dish. Set aside and let dry. I left mine overnight. Once dry, run a bead of glue on the top of the candle stick *where the candle would go*, place it in the center of the large plate. You now have the first 2 pieces of the tier. After this dries, repeat with the 2nd candle holder and center in the salad plate. Let dry. Again, I did this over night... so it actually took 2 full days to complete. I'm not the most patient person but take my word.. it's a good idea to learn patience.. yep.. pretty good idea. I think I should have used a saucer and not the tidbit piece.. it's a bit heavy.. but, it looks good sitting on my sideboard... I'll try this again using different things.. good thing Goodwill sells items cheap.. and takes any excess pieces made off of my hands.. LOL..
Of course, I forgot to take photos as I moved along with the project. I will be more responsible the next time.. I promise!