Trip to Boggy Creek Farm

I'm writing this post while watching the ten o'clock news thanks to our new digital convertor box. Bye-bye VH-1, BET, MTV and telemundo. Now the only channels I get are abc, nbc, cbs and pbs. Perfecto!

Today the kids and I went with my sister and my dad to a farmer's market at Boggy Creek Farm. None of us had been so we thought we'd give it a try.

Grandpa and Lucas scoping out the farm.
Near the hen house. Ironic because just last night we read Chanticleer a story about a rooster who gets tricked by a fox and then outwits the fox before he gets eaten. Kind of a weird bedtime story, but Grace really liked it and asked for me to read it again. I think she liked the part when the fox is carrying Chanticleer in his mouth.

No Chanticleer here, just a rooster named Rusty and a hen named Aunt Penny (though we were never able to pick her out). Two ladies who worked there told us all about the chickens. Apparently one of the hens is a lesbian (not my words) who thinks she's a rooster. I guess we don't have to worry about Austin being anything but weird.
Lucas, not too sure about those hens, lesbian or not. Every time they would "bock, bock", he would step back. Maybe he thought they were saying "back,back".
Grace being a good helper and carrying Nina's vegetables for her.

Roaming around.
Sitting around.
In the leaf cave. I just hope it's not poison ivy.
Back to the hen house.....
to say "bye-bye chickens"!

One last picture before we go. We couldn't leave without a tractor picture. These pictures turned out a little better than my usual because my dad and sister helped me yell at the kids to "LOOK AT MOMMY!".
They enjoyed the farm, their first "real" farm and mine too (?).

Also wanted to fill you in on some conversations from today.

I guess the first is more a monologue than a conversation. Have you ever watched Dora or Diego? They both go through this routine where they repeat the same series of sentences. For example, on Diego they might be looking for a penguin and will show a picture of a bear and then Diego (or whoever) will say "Is this a picture of a penguin? (dramatic pause) Noooo, it's a spectacled bear." They typically repeat this 2 or 3 times until they actually show the penguin. Well, Lucas loves both of these shows and when they do this he'll chime in his "Nooooo"(the cutest "nooooo" you ever heard) at just the right time. Well, this morning he woke up at 5:30 (speaking of roosters) and I laid down with him in bed. He snuggled up next to me and in the dark he starts babbling away and then amongst the gibberish he would insert a "noooo". It only took me a couple of times to realize he was copying the cartoons but because he can't speak a lot of words, he was just babbling with the correct intonation as if asking a question and then answering himself with a "noooo". I only wish I had a tape recorder. Maybe he's going through Dora withdrawal.

The other conversation:

Me: "Lucas, can you say Lucas?"

Lucas: "Bubba"

Me: "Lucas, can you say good girl?"

Lucas: "Goo gir"

Me: "Lucas, can you say good boy?"

Lucas: "Bubba"

Ha! I'm not making this up. This boy really is a stinker. I really should figure out how to upload videos.