Wow, it's midafternoon here, windy, and hot. It is Oklahoma after all so the wind is a given. You've heard the song I'm sure. Hubby is going after three more calves this afternoon, one for D2 and the other two for some friends that also participate in the bucket calf project. D1 has named her calf, Rodeo. He is a spunky little thing. Amazingly they are different in temperaments and intelligence. We have had some that are so curious and will watch our every move with interest while others just want to be fed and left alone. And then there are others that don't seem to have a lick of sense. They usually cause the most problems (constantly turning their water buckets over etc...).

Before sitting down to write this, I was in the vegetable garden getting some tomato plants and bell pepper plants staked. The kids were on the other side of the yard jumping on the trampoline. I find working in the garden more pleasant when I can hear the children laughing and getting along with one another and not interrupting me with trivial disputes as just recently happened. Usually I am called to referee these with a long Mooomeeee!!! Sometimes I ignore, hoping they will work it out on their own and I will not have to walk over to the other part of the yard (knowing that I will have to walk back across the yard to resume working on whatever I was 'working on'). But alas they still haven't learned the valuable lesson of conflict resolution. Any help out there for constant bickerring among siblings? It really gets to where it wears me slick. 

Besides our little domestic disputes, all is well here on our forty acres. School is going to go longer than I had planned but I am okay with it and letting the kids take a day off today to enjoy the sunshine and warm day. It seems a bit strange that May is already here, April sped by. I guess our being so busy last month caused it to seem that way. I hope all of you are enjoying Spring, hot Summer temperatures will be here before we know it. Blessings! Julie