What we did wrong.
I love working on the house with the boys around us. Yes, they are distracting and make everything much more difficult, but I wouldn't trade it for anything. If you've been following for a while, you know that my middle child has been giving me a run for my money, and I have been rewarding good behavior at school with a visit to the playground. You'll see in the beginning of our video that we did, in fact, go to the playground. My little man saved all of his good behavior for the LAST week of school... At least we ended on a high note.
All three of my boys love the outdoors. We have to convince our oldest to get outside first, but once he's out there, he has a blast. The house is constantly dirty, the sink is always full of dishes, I vacuum up dirt daily, there are cars and rocks EVERYWHERE, and the laundry is never completely done. Still, I wouldn't trade it for anything. Watching them learn about plants, food, and bugs in the garden is priceless. Watching them learn how to build and create with their daddy makes my heart swell. So, adding the chickens has just been the most fun for our family as a whole. They have new animals to love on and learn about while watching us take care of and build shelter for them. We move the chickens to their new home in this video, and what you don't see in this video is that the chickens actually walked right into some poison ivy. The older two boys went right in behind them... So I told them to go rinse off with the hose, which is why you'll see them playing in the water in the video. It's never ending, parenting.
I point out a few mistakes that we made with our chicken coop. We didn't have a plan whatsoever with this. We just knew that they needed shelter. So we went with the basics and thought we covered it all, but you will see where we went wrong in a few areas. No worries though; we come back and fix our mistakes in our next video.
I do want to point out again that I'm sharing how I prepare heathy foods in these videos. Yes, our lives are chaotic, but we can always set aside a few minutes for a healthy decision. I make a fruit salad for our family in this video, and it is fantastic. The recipe is linked in the description of the video. I hope you enjoy watching us make our house a home, and I hope you give my recipe a try.
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