More Hay Photos

This is our baler.

Our last pile of hay!

The baler in action.

the underarmful

Picking Up Hay

When we make hay bales I have to pick it up and put it in the baler so I created different ways to pick it up...



the hug

the hug

the alligator

 the armful

summer school

Instead of having fun in the sun Sophie and I have been stuck at summer school! It's not like summer school where you go when you have bad grades. It's supposed to be fun, but it's soooo not. It's all work, work, work. I'd rather be swimming, coloring, watching tv, and sleeping but the good news is I get to see my friends for 5 more days!


-Laney

Let's Recap

Okay, so I know we haven't posted anything for a while but I'd like to get back into the habit of telling you about my life, so I'll tell you what's happened so far.

Dad is on his way to becoming a U.S. citizen.

For those of you who don't know, my dad is British.

Mom is getting in to quilting and canning with dad. They have also started a garden.

My brother got a new (used) game console - a game cube.

Sophie (blogger)-has started a garden and has sunflowers 3 feet and 6 inches tall!

Laney (blogging right now)-is daddy's little baler girl (you'll read more on that later). Also I have the best biceps in my class. Soon I am going to a church camp with my friend.

So far on Outlaw Farm we have BUNNIES! We feed them every day. They are so cute and furry.

Also (dun, dun, dun!) haymaking has started! The reason I said I was my dad's little baler girl is because I help him bale all the hay that the other three rake up. Well that's it for right now. Bye!

-Laney  *<l:{ )

Jack, How Did You Get There?

Yesterday we were up in the field raking hay, and when we came back we didn't find Jack waiting at the door like we normally do. We checked everywhere, calling his name, until finally we found him stuck in our parents room.  Somehow he must have accidentally closed the door on himself and couldn't get out. He had ripped up a plastic bag and left it in shreds and had pulled pillows off the bed.  He slunk out of the room when we found him because he knew he was probably in trouble, but he wasn't in trouble. He just got laughed at. --Sophie

Carver Days

Last weekend we went to the George Washington Carver National Monument for Carver Day's.  It was hot and sticky, but we did a whole bunch of stuff to get a Junior Ranger badge.  We had to find out information from other people about the Fort Scott National Monument, find out what was unique about Wildcat Glades Center,  ask the Missouri Department of Conservation people why fire is important to a prairie, paint a picture, make a card by hitting flower petals with a rock to get the natural color off of it, label a drawing of a peanut plant, and research some dates in the cemetery.  Elena didn't really want to do it, but Mom  made her. When we had all of it done, we turned in our papers to a park official and we got our first ever Junior Ranger badges. I felt tired but proud. Later I saw a girl at the park wearing a vest COVERED with badges from all over the U.S., so now I've decided to try to get a Junior Ranger badge wherever I can! -- Sophie

The River

One of the things we like best about living here is how close we are to the river. Our mom takes us to swim there sometimes and it's really fun. It's refreshing, and we get to see all the fish. There are also a whole bunch of cool rocks. I like to find flat ones and skip them across the water. We can float down the river (a little), or you can turn the other way and keep paddling but still stay in one spot. It's a good way to work up an appetite. You can also fish, canoe and kayak down the river.  The river is really low now because we haven't had any rain this summer, so canoeing might be kind of hard. I think I'll stick with swimming for now. - Sophie