My name is Jacob. I am the third oldest of twelve children. I like to read about the Civil War. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/ en-us Homeschool Blogger Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:00 -0500 Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:00 -0500 We got four bull calves a week ago.  It’s Jenna’s job to bottle feed them.  We got another milk cow with a heifer calf two days ago.  We are going to sell the new milk cow because she’s thin and dances around when we are milking her.  My dad put up some stalls for the calves and a loft for storing hay and straw.  My dad bought a discer and disced a place to plant potatoes but it isn’t ready yet.   http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/674108/ Mon, 30 Mar 2009 14:27:00 -0500 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/674108/ Yesterday John, Jason, Joshua, Josiah and I collected wood because it’s supposed to be cold all week.  This is how the system worked.  Joshua, Josiah and I would take the wheelbarrow and get wood while John and Jason would cut wood.  Then when we had  a lot of wood all of us would break it or cut it. Then when we were done we would stack it. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/659340/ Tue, 17 Feb 2009 15:47:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/659340/ It snowed a couple inches a few days ago so we sledded in our pasture.  At the bottom of the hill was a fence that we would bump into.  We had inflatable sleds so sometimes they would pop.  It kept Jenna busy  patching up the holes.  http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/654029/ Tue, 3 Feb 2009 12:34:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/654029/ Here is a video of my sister, Jenna,  playing Amazing Grace. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/647323/ Mon, 19 Jan 2009 12:20:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/647323/ We trimmed some of our goats’ hooves.  We think their hooves have never been trimmed before.  Yesterday Jenna got spit at by the llama and got it on video.  My dad got a fuel tank. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/644139/ Sun, 11 Jan 2009 16:01:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/644139/ We have the goats! We got six of them and we are going to get more today.  It’s Jodi’s birthday today! She is one year old.  Our grandma sent a doll for her. Here is Jodi with her doll. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/641982/ Tue, 6 Jan 2009 14:07:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/641982/ We got a sheep the other day. She is due to lamb in April.  And we are going to get Nubians does that are due to kid in April as well.  We put up a fence in the front yard with the help of our friends.  Cheerio http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/641509/ Mon, 5 Jan 2009 13:27:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/641509/ I went to the store with my dad and sister, Jenna.  I was going to buy a harmonica but we couldn’t find them.  So instead I bought binoculars.  They are 12X25 and they came with a case.  It cost $20.30 including tax.  And Dad bought June a recorder. Cheerio….Oh and I almost forgot happy New Years Eve!     http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/638393/ Wed, 31 Dec 2008 11:52:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/638393/ I set my trap last night down by the pond on what I think is a rabbit trail. I used apple as bait. But I didn’t catch anything.  So I left the trap out to see if I catch anything today.  Now that it’s warmer out the opossum hide is unfrozen so Jenna and I salted it and hung it up to dry.  Cheerio. http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/627041/ Tue, 2 Dec 2008 12:56:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/627041/ I mentioned in my last post that I set my trap. I set it with an apple that Jonah didn’t finish eating.  Jenna and I put the trap by a log and near it there were a couple burrows.  Guess what I caught?  I caught an opossum. Here I am going to whack it with a stick.     I had to whack it several  times but then my dad took a whack at it.  That did the job. We started at the neck.  It was a little tough but we managed. It was also hard to get around the head and legs. Skinning the back was the easiest, then the sides.  And when we where skinning we tried to not cut through the meat. We would skin in shifts because it was 35°F out and it was snowing.  Here I am trying to skin it with my sister's pocket knife. But it was hard so my dad got out his fillet knife.  Here’s our beautiful skin! http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/626652/ Mon, 1 Dec 2008 17:35:00 -0600 http://www.homeschoolblogger.com/bugleboy/626652/