they only come out in june.
they only come out for about 30 minutes each night…when the sun is just about set.
and they are so easy to catch.
i hadn't even seen one this year but i told annie at lunch time "i think tonight we'll catch lightening bugs"
because it just felt like it was time.
and sure enough there they were.
and annie heard cicadas and said to talby "what is that noise that is so loud?!"
it is definitely summer.
this activity was on the summer list…..check!
annie was so excited and yelling "i got one!" every other minute.
talby got as many as she could at once before coming back to the jar.
sean was so into it last year but this year he just kept swimming….
growing up i guess.
it was time for bed.
i think they caught every one in our yard.
and then it was time to let them go.
so we could catch them all again tomorrow night.
Search Results for: summer listok…today is better than the past two have been.
so that is what i wanted to remember. this was posted july 18, 2008. the last baby piggies.
craig's uncle and aunt told us this was the last round of baby pigs. after 30 years they are going to be pig-free. sad for us but so liberating for them. since these are the last ones…we had to get out there! so we called them up and invited ourselves over…last minute. we gave them a 20 minute warning. wasn't that polite of us?
if you hold them like this they don't squeal….seriously.
i set my camera down low and they kept creeping in on me.
it was cool but kind of creepy too.
"please craig…can we keep just one?" earlier in the day we'd laughed about the thought of having a pig as a pet. they get to be like 800 pounds…the size of a couch? who wouldn't want one? the babies are cute though. if you had one all cleaned up and could teach it tricks?! i need to join 4H and get all this stuff out of my system.
annie was watching the mama…keeping track of her. good plan. she's gianormous.
i will miss this janet! what we will do without the baby pigs to visit? maybe you can start raising puppies?
ray is the biggest golden retriever in the world. he has to be. but such a sweet dog…if he doesn't knock you over by accident. sean wanted to ride him. ray could do it but we said no.
lots of corn this year – everywhere in kansas! it is so pretty to see fields of it everywhere you go. the kids got to pick some and check if it was ready.
not quite yet. janet took annie out to the garden and let her pick cucumbers. she couldn't wait to eat them. (the ONLY vegetable she eats??)
i love this blurry picture (so many of these were blurry?) fruit punch on her lip, dirty hair stuck to her face, cucumbers in her lap… completely zonked out. we love the farm. we'll miss the pigs. thanks gary and janet. next time we will have a cookout so we can check that off our summer list. but i promise we'll plan it more than 20 minutes in advance… maybe even an hour? we crammed a bunch of fun into the last few summer days. the summer list had "go camping" and "tent camp"…my mistake. and funny because we don't really do the camping thing. not even in the yard…we don't have a fence, trains run all night long blowing their whistles, we have interesting people walk by all night long…we don't camp in the yard. so we set up camp in the living room!
sean built the tent with me…loving every second of it.
waffle was very nervous.
they made popcorn and watched "space chimps" way past bedtime. the boys didn't sleep there…but the girls did. the boys wanted their own beds! the girls stayed there all night.
the day before school we had to go to the mall…yes…all of us….without craig. and we survived. we stopped by craig's office to bring him an ice cream cone. we visited great grandma. and i did not even get a starbucks! (what is the matter with me?) that night we had a back-to-school dinner celebration (for them…not me….ok…it was for me)
make your own pizzas…
and parfaits for dessert! mmmmm….yummy.
after this…everyone took baths and we cuddled in bed reading books till everyone was fast asleep. NOT. ugh….i wish! everyone was so nervous and excited that they were WACK-O at bedtime and were still up at 10:30! there were spankings. there was yelling. blech. not how i wanted the night before school to go…crap! for awhile at bedtime i will be sitting on the couch outside their doors working on pictures on the laptop until they fall asleep. it's good for me and good for them to GET SOME SLEEP already! for a few reasons….. i don't go to bed early enough. i sleep late. i eat poorly. i have five kids. i stay up too late. during our waking hours we have been busy. and i am tired. here is a little of what we've been doing…trying to finish off the summer list. i think we are going to get almost everything.
painting in the driveway…
getting a treat from the ice cream truck….
tie dying t-shirts, tank tops and leggings.
and 11 different kids have come over here this week already…seriously. and i had a photo session everyday…two on wednesday. i am ready for school to start. i am the only one i know….but i am ready for a quiet house. and only working on my own crafts. soon. soon. soon. and then i will complain to you about how much i miss sleeping in and hanging out all summer.
craig’s uncle and aunt told us this was the last round of baby pigs.
after 30 years they are going to be pig-free.
sad for us but so liberating for them.
i can’t wait to hear about your first big long vacation.
you really really deserve it!
since these are the last ones…we had to get out there!
so we called them up and invited ourselves over…last minute.
we gave them a 20 minute warning.
wasn’t that polite of us?
if you hold them like this they don’t squeal. (don’t be offended…you eat bacon)
i set my camera down low and they kept creeping in on me.   it was cool but kind of creepy too.
  “please craig…can we keep just one?”
earlier in the day we’d laughed about the thought of having a pig as a pet.
they get to be like 800 pounds…the size of a couch?
who wouldn’t want one?
the babies are cute though.
if you had one all cleaned up and could teach it tricks?!
i need to join 4H and get all this stuff out of my system.
 annie was watching the mama…keeping track of her.
good plan.
she’s gianormous.
 i will miss this janet!
what we will do without the baby pigs to visit?
maybe you can start raising puppies?
 ray is the biggest golden retriever in the world.
he has to be.
but such a sweet dog…if he doesn’t knock you over by accident.
sean wanted to ride him.
ray could do it but we said no.
  lots of corn this year – everywhere in kansas!
it is so pretty to see fields of it everywhere you go.
the kids got to pick some and check if it was ready.
 not quite yet.
janet took annie out to the garden and let her pick cucumbers.
she couldn’t wait to eat them.
(the ONLY vegetable she eats??)
 i love this blurry picture (so many of these were blurry?)
fruit punch on her lip, dirty hair stuck to her face, cucumbers in her lap…
completely zonked out.
we love the farm.
we’ll miss the pigs.
thanks gary and janet.
next time we will have a cookout so we can check that off our summer list.
but i promise we’ll plan it more than 20 minutes in advance…
maybe even an hour?
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