Bringing Pets Home from School

Every kid brings items home from school and Ellie does also.  The difference is most kids bring paintings, pictures, and assorted craft projects but Ellie brings home a snail she caught in the school Veggie garden.

Scarecrows

In Ellie’s book “The Little Old Lady Who Was Not Afraid of Anything” the old lady gets chased by shoes, pants, a shirt, gloves, a hat and a scary pumpkin head. In the end the lady tells them that she is not afraid of them and they are unhappy because they don’t have a purpose anymore.  So the old lady gives them an idea of what else they could do and the book ends with them being a scarecrow in the lady’s garden and scaring all the crows away.

Ever since we started talking about a garden, Ellie has talked about having a scarecrow to scare all the crows away. Now every morning we can look out our windows and see the scarecrows doing their job.

Not Sleeping - Red Bull

Last night I went to check to see if Ellie was sleeping and when I peek in her room I saw her reading the Red Bull Magazine I had given her.  Such a proud Daddy moment.

Fairy Spotted

Once again a magical fairy was spotted in running around our paddock.  This fairy’s name was Ellie and she loves to run, explore, and pet horses.

Shopping with Grandma

Ellie is out for another fun day!

Garden - Part 2

Finally after all the hard work and preparation we were ready to plant and Ellie was ready to get her hands dirty. We planted many different things this time to see what grows and what doesn’t.  Ellie has had a garden at each of her schools and has shown interest in gardens, we will see if that extends to a home garden.

Garden - Part 1

Creating the veggie garden took help from everyone and Ellie played a big part.  She helped take care of the worms, climbed the fence and tested the strength of the wood. On the first day we created the planter boxes and filled them with dirt.

Ellie created a home for “Wormy” which consisted of dirt and grass in the alpaca’s treat bowl.  She left him out in the sun during lunch and he wasn’t looking to good when we went back to work.  So Ellie filled his home up with water, not just a little water more like a pool, and put coffee grounds in to give him some energy.