Deschutes River Park Fun

We have a young gal who lives on our road and it was her birthday yesterday. We stopped work on the barn long enough to spend a handful of hours down by the Deschutes River where she was having a little birthday party with family, other neighbors, and friends. They kids had a BLAST! I brought my bathing suit, but never got in the water....it was far to cold for me! I gave Sam the charge of taking the kids in the water and he happily obliged. I got some sweet photos of the kids sitting on a rock enjoying the sunshine and water. It was beautiful there and we had such a good time! A lot of the older kids got on their rafts and floated down the river a ways. After some water play we ate burgers and hot dogs then let the kids run off into the field and play. It was interesting to watch Anthony interact with the older boys there, it took him a long time to warm up, but he wanted to play with them so dang badly he got over his shyness and wound up playing right along side them. It was fantastic and I was so proud of him! I have naturally shy kiddos, lol. We stayed long enough for Anthony to take a couple swings at the pinata they had. Mols didn't want to, though I would have loved to have seen her give it a go! We got one family shot, a group shot, and a photo of Sam and I before hitting the road back home.....where, you guessed it, we got right back to working on the barn. :)

With love,

Mama Hauck

Praying Mantis

Or as Anthony likes to call it, praying mastis. The kiddos found this guy on our front porch last Tuesday. He hung around for awhile just chilling out. They watched him with wonder plastered all over their faces, lol, and were sad when Thursday rolled around and they went out and couldn't find him. 

On Wednesday I found this guy in the house on the door trim to my bedroom. It's cool that he was whitish instead of green....maybe cause he was on the white door trim? Needless to say he was safely placed outside as he was not a welcome guest IN the house. 

Told you being on the Hauck Homestead was like watching the National Geographic Channel. In other words, AWESOME. Kiddos are learning sometime new every dang day.

With love,

Mama Hauck

A Child's Imagination

Molly was being quiet (LOL it's when they are quiet that you typically have to worry!) so I crept into her room to see what she was doing and low and behold I find her babies sleeping on her pillows and Molly standing a little ways off telling me, "Shhhhh! Babies sleeping!" I ran to get my camera and came back to find her giving one of her babies a kiss.  She's still all about her baby dolls and has three of them now that she rotates carrying around with her and sleeping with at night. Two days ago she got SO EXCITED when I washed one of her baby's outfits for her and couldn't wait for me to put it back on, lol.  She is a sweet little Mama. :)

After Molly's tender loving moment with her baby, in runs Anthony and they both hopped in their "car" with their guns and went hunting lion. HAHAHA

Later in the day, while I was cooking dinner, Anthony and Molly were fighting over who got to play with "Papa's blankie." Soooooo I grabbed Anthony's two small chairs, the hamper, and the blanket and made them a fort. They were so giddy with excitement! haha I was able to finish dinner while they played in their fort.

 The other day Anthony had me sitting in a chair on an "airplane" on my way to the grocery store. I had my "cell phone" that I was told I was suppose to be playing Birds on because I was bored while waiting for my Mama to bring me a snack (who knew my Mama was also the flight attendant on the SAME plane I was on!?). And guess what!? Surprise! It was also my birthday. How could I not know it was my birthday? And for my special birthday dessert I got a bowl full of ice cream and sour pop-sickles. I also ate a hamburger, a hot dog, jello, pudding, pizza, tea, and coffee. How lucky am I? And then, yes, we went lion hunting.

Ohhhh I love my kiddos. 

With love,

Mama Hauck