Yesterday after dinner, I was sitting, minding my own business, and knitting with my awesome new cotton yarn. Suddenly I had company.

It started with this…

That’s Sable, probably the sweetest of the chicks. She sat up there for quite some time.

Then everyone else seemed to want to get in on the action.

Tim missed the photo of Number 2 on my head.

I know I’ve commented on this before, but it is truly amazing how quickly the chicks have grown. Sometimes we wake up in the morning and there are noticeable changes. They are all pretty well feathered out now and can fly for short distances. We have taken the light away and they are sleeping much better at night. Whew! Unfortunately it has been non-stop New England spring rain, so they are not spending nearly the amount of time I would like outside. As they grow the odor definitely increases, so we’ve been cleaning the cage a lot. They also delight in kicking their bedding hither and yon so I spend a delightful amount of time sweeping it up so it doesn’t get tracked all over the house. Overall though they are quite funny and sweet. Sable is especially calm and even seems to enjoy being held. Tim made wonderful progress on the chicken coop this weekend and we’re hoping that they will officially move the weekend of the 4th. Chicken Independence Day! I’m pondering possible banishment to the breezeway this weekend. Piper is still having a lot of fun and especially enjoy herding them around the yard.

Piper is having a friend over one day a week for “science camp” this summer in June and August. I found a great new secular Earth science curriculum called Science Logic – Our Dynamic Earth that forms the backbone of our studies. I’ve also been using the following resources to flesh things out since we have 4 hours:
That Artist Woman
Geology Rocks!

Here are photos of their projects from the first 2 weeks. I think the girls are having fun so far…

Clay Models of the Earth

Earth Crust Pizza

Cash Register Tape Earth Timelines

Dinosaur Watercolors

Sculpey Fossils

The last week of each trimester of art class the kids get to choose their own project from tons of pictures. Typically Piper chooses a horse. She surprised us last night and I love the result!