I missed a crafty day last month, and it has thrown off everything since. Birthday cards were late. No blog posts for a month. Groundhog moved in under the tool shed without even signing a lease. Chaos. Must never miss craft day again. Here’s the list of what’s been going on. Sorry, no pictures of the groundhog. He hasn’t been so friendly since I posted the eviction notice on his burrow.

• Got out the swimmy suit, and filled up the mosquito breeding ground water table.



• Anya said cute things: garbage trash, soccer kick, sticky tape.
• My parents are weird. (Anya took this photo.)



• Got four chickens. They lay eggs. They poo. They eat. Mostly the latter two.



• Came out of retirement to be the part-time office manager for Anya’s school.
• Gave a chicken a bath. We thought she had a stuck egg. Turns out she was probably just constipated. MORE FIBER.



• Anya turned four.



• Anya had first friend birthday party. There was a bouncy house. And rainbow frosted cupcakes. And lots of grandparents (and friends, of course).



• Got three fish. One dead so far. Found it hanging half sucked up into the filter.
• Caught a swarm of bees.



• Have baby lettuces and radishes growing in the garden. Ate a few strawberries before something else ate them. Stared at baby plums on baby plum tree.
• Harvested two batches of asparagus from various random spots about the yard. And one green sword.



• Plant light melted, filling the scary bathroom with smoke.
• Andy found a really good deal on paper towels. Then he sold half of them to some friends. Then he made Anya a new bed.



• Dishwasher WORKS!