What does calvin heifers, dump cake, painting, christmas decorations and the cousins have to do with each other? Well normally nothing at all.
We have been having a lot of fun with the cousins who got to stay the night at our house the past 2 nights. I have been getting a lot of things done actually. It is so nice that they are so similar in age and have so much fun together. Wade and Royce have been jumping on the trampoline, playing legos, playing army guys, sword fighting, with a bit of wii thrown in here and there. Pais and Evie have been playing dolls, dogs, horses, cats, undecorating my downstairs Christmas tree, you name it… they have been having a lot of fun. You see I am a bit of a procrastinator and I have been putting off packing up and putting away all my christmas decor as well as painting some areas that were in need of a touch up around the house. So while the kids were playing so nice I finished my painting that needed done and then asked the wee ones if they would want to help me put away decorations, thankfully they agreed to help. It feels good to have that all done.
Duane and Blake had to go and bangs vaccinate some heifers over in CW today. As they were heading out the door they told me of a heifer who was getting ready to calve. So that left me and the kids as the day shift heifer calvers. I was just finishing up putting a dump cake in the oven when I realized we needed to go check on W12 (tag number of heifer who was calving). The kids and I jumped in the truck and headed out to the pasture to check. The first cow we come to was calving, however her number was W106. So we kept looking and finally found w12 just finishing up having her baby all by herself thankfully! Went back by w106 and she also just finished up calving! Woo HOO! No need to have the kids glove up! So we came home and got the dump cake out of the oven and ate it! 🙂 A celebration.
Fun times with the cousins!
the girls love to set up a snack stand for the boys…
calvin crew looking for w12….
w12
w12 just starting to lick her babe…
w106
Good work mama!
the crew
time for cake
Good work crew!!
bathtub baby
Yesterday D brought in this little guy to the house to get warmed up. His mama was a little fritzed out after having him and didn’t take care of him right away. He got a bit too cold so we warmed him up in the tub. As soon as he warmed up he tried to get up so we took him back out to the barn and gave him a dose of colostrum. We put him back with his ma and she finally decided to take him, thankfully.