Tuesday, June 14, 2011

promises, promises

My self-imposed parenting rule is that I will not make promises that I don't fully intend to keep.  I'm doing pretty good at this when it comes to punishment-type promises.  Reward-type promises are proving more elusive.

Farm FHE outing

Sir O has begged on multiple occasions to go visit his "chickies" that live only 3 houses down the road.  For 2 months he has begged and only today did I make it happen.  We won't delve into the parenting guilt involved with that.  The chicks are doing splendidly, and are easy to spot.  Now that all their feathers are in, they are the only white ones in the entire bunch.  They're not entirely grown up, but they are a far cry from fluffy yellow baby chicks.  Once they are large enough to keep from being bullied by the old lady chicks, they'll be completely free range and have almost half an acre to themselves.

Farm FHE outing

Farm FHE outing

While we were there we also got to visit the horses, pregnant sheep, and some newborn cows.  My boys both bonded something fierce with the resident border collie, and we were invited all the way back to the flower garden where the irises and peonies were popping in full force.  My kids were insane, but there was room for them to be insane, and I was yet again convinced that my boys need to spend about a million times more of their hours out of doors. (Which means, yes, more parenting guilt).

Farm FHE outing

Farm FHE outing

Farm FHE outing

While Mr Renn shows no signs of ever considering keeping animals (I'm waiting until our Captain is old enough to beg with persuasive arguments for a puppy.  Between his utter delight in the company of animals and his own puppy dog eyes he's sure to be the one to win Renn over) we have a mutual desire to live on enough land to at least nominally attempt homesteading.  Outings like today's remind us both how much we'd like that.  We shall see.

Farm FHE outing

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