Jenna's 4-H Project~Chickens/Eggs

It was quite ironic that Jackson chose the Usborne Chicken and Egg book when he won Bingo at the Valentine's Day party this week. Jenna is signed up to work on a 4-H project called "Chickens and Eggs"! So a wonderful book about chickens and eggs could not be more perfect.
And Usborne makes such beautiful and informative books for all ages. We are enjoying this one quite a bit.
I took a few pictures of the inside in case anyone may be on-the-fence considering buying Usborne books for their children (and no, I do not work for or sell Usborne books! hehe)



Some of the other educational books that Usborne publishes in this same line.

Our main problem with Jenna's 4-H project, is that she can't decide which chicken she'd like to have as her 4-H project and to show in the State Fair! She loves her two Speckled Sussex: Kipper and Spotty Dotty....and they seem to love her, too. Our Speckled Sussex are the most tolerant, patient and friendliest of all of our chickens.
And the Barred Rock, Silver-Laced Wyandottes, and Ameracaunas are also very special, too.
Jenna spends alot of time with her chickens and is outside almost every day playing with them, petting and holding them and just plain socializing all of the chickens. And it truly shows.
We originally thought Jenna would choose her pretty Ameracauna, she named "Angelina Ballerina".
All of the chickens (well maybe not as much with the Brown Leghorns) seem to enjoy Jenna's presence. So it will be difficult to choose just one chicken for her 4-H project.

Happy Birthday X Two!

Jackson and Jeremiah celebrated their birthdays last weekend. We had a small family thing at home but at the end of the month they'll have a couple of their best friends over for a sleep-over party.

Daddy brought home a huge ice cream cake!

Jax and Jem (and Jen) were THRILLED!

Happy Birthday Boys! (I'm actually amazed now that both of these boys were inside of my belly for NINE months! Wow!
Both boys were poised to blow out their candles...but Jen flew in and helped them out (well, actually blew out all of the candles herself! hehe)
So after re-lighting the candles, Jax and Jem gave it a second try! Yay!
Time for Presents! Jem got the RC airplane he wanted!!

Jackson was so excited to receive his new mega monster rocket! He's also working on a rocketry project in 4-H now. So anything to do with rockets and he is there!
Excited about their new binoculars! They also got the Transformer's PS2 game they had been asking for. Talk about happy! What a blast!