Sunday, February 16, 2014

February 14: A Watched Cow Never Calves


With a warm day, the snow is melting fast. I spent much of the day looking at the imminent heifer's backside. Surely she is in labor. Look at the size of her nether regions! Look at how protruding her back quarters are!

All for naught. Phil said it's been like that for him for the last month.

Phil was back up to the barn early this morning, and worked all day on the mezzanine. I went to see it around 5pm, and he was putting up the decking.

He caught up with us in A Single Shard last night, and then we had to wait until night to find out the ending. Oh! The pain of patience!

Isaiah took advantage of the swiftly melting snow to make a snow cave, just for him.

I took some time in the morning to soak and clean some of the larger Playmobil structures. Most of the pieces are people, but we have an Alpine house and a stable that have been in pieces for a few years. Once cleaned, I managed to find the instructions online for the former, and a photo of the latter. Jadon the good builder back-engineered the stable. And the boys enjoyed the Playmobil all day. For the second night in a row, I let them keep the pieces out overnight.

And Caleb moved into year-old onesies. My other sons would have worn these at about a year, or maybe a little more. Like, this coming October. Caleb is one big, fun baby.

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