It has been a week. The middle of our week started out
AWESOME with the arrival of a spring blizzard. By midday Wednesday the storm
dumped twenty inches of cold, heavy, wind-blown flakes. We have had more snow
days this season than I can remember, with the exception of living overseas in
a tropical jungle for a few years, and we will take what we can get. The kiddos
played in the snow, drank hot chocolate, played games, watched movies and made
pizzas (and the “big kids” enjoyed some wine) – it was as perfect as any snow day could have been.
While the kiddos frolicked in the snow I noticed that one of
our new baby chicks seemed really, really uncomfortable. Now I knew that this
would happen – something is bound to happen at some point, every living thing
gets sick but it was just so sad to watch her squirm. Oh what do I do? I asked
Mike if I should take her in to the vet and based on his look it hit me – I am
not really the farmer type – I mean the "stereotypical type" that takes the sick
animal out back and shoots it (no offense), I am more the (slightly) high maintenance, high heel wearing, Troop Beverly Hills
Girl Scout-want-to-be farmer (sorry, mom, I know I was raised tougher) – with a
probably too big a heart. But I was determined and fearing her death so I did
my research. Basically, in layman’s terms her belly was too full and
potentially stuck. So I sat with her in my hands and gently rubbed her little
belly (with Hannah’s support) and after a little bit she seemed better; she
hopped out of my hands and joined her sisters. Phew!!!
The snow finally stopped and after digging ourselves out,
literally, on Saturday we went to see the musical Newsies at the Denver Center
for Performing Arts!
Newsies is a musical based on the
New York City newsboy strike of 1899. When young newspaper sellers are
exploited beyond reason by their bosses they set out to enact change and are
met by the ruthlessness of big business. (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0104990/)
Newsies was fantastic with an amazingly talented cast. The
cast powerfully danced and sang but also did acrobatics that both kiddos just loved.
It was a great night.
Sunday Easter morning came along with the Easter bunny. We
had to wake poor Mason up, he was still reeling from our long, fun filled week
of playing. The kiddos opened their baskets and then we joined my family for
brunch and an Easter egg hunt. I was so happy to spend this holiday home with
my family but it’s another holiday once shared with our expatriate friends in a
faraway country and I missed them.
I am very much so looking forward to spring, actually any
season, but spring represents new life and growth and I feel that represents
this stage in our lives right now.
Troop Beverly Hills: http://www.cctrubiak.com/artist/2011/11/its-cookie-time-shelley-long-troop-beverly-hills-1989/
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