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[NHchicks]

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Wow, what a great story!

My SIL was very shy when she was little. The school wanted to put her in a self-contained special ed kindergarten. My MIL said no way. Today she has her Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins.

I swear sometimes they look for things wrong with your kid. The parent really has to advocate and stick to their own guns.

Anyway, great thread.

 

[pechara]

Its hard to find good help. My motto is do it yourself. I find that its cheaper to buy a new tool, got to library to learn and do it yourself then to try to hire people unless they can provide you with a very specialized skill that a DIY could not quickly learn.

 

[MamaChic21]

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excatly, do you it yourself. At least if there is something you don't like, you'll keep on trying it till your satisfaction. I also agree with you on the specialized skill that normal DYI's can't do.

 

[MamaChic21]

Since my mom is out of the picture

, it was only my little son and I once I dropped off older son to school this morning. Niece called and said she was coming, couldn't be happier. But just as we were waiting for her (couple of hours past by) she couldn't make it. My son didn't let me feed the chickens by myself so he tagged along. After feeding them, I wanted to look at the coop and plan what to do next on the structure. My little guy took a hammer and started hammering and playing around will ball and such and I decided to work on the coop until he gets bored with his own stuff. I'm working, watching him on the side and he's playing with the ducks and I hear him all the way out in the chickens play area and he was trying to communicate with the chickens and ducks. The next thing I know he started to scream. I ran as fast as I can, he fell into the duck pond

. It's only 2 ft of water but it was a very dirty water. I took him up stairs and gave him a bath. Then it was lunch and nap time. I'm anxious to go out to our yard so he finally fell asleep and I look outside, it started to rain. I'm like, ah it's only drizzling. I wear my boots and open the front door, it's pouring as if some one left the faucet open

. Is it luck, that God is giving me a day off or it this just simply being one of the unluckiest person alive ? Well I can't even lift up my arm because it's very sore from yesterday but I would of still done something if it didn't rain. Tomorrow is Saturday, hubby can watch the kids and I can work on the coop, I'm hoping

. Because on weekends, by the time I dress the kids and prepare breakfast and clean up, the guys are hungry once again and asking when will lunch be ready ? I hope hubby can take that load of work for me and I could be outside working.

 

[Minniechickmama]

Well, maybe "someone" IS watching out for you and you need a break. You wouldn't take one yourself, so they sent the rain!
You can tell hubby all about how your little boy went out and started learning to hammer. All men like their boys to be all manly and use tools, right?

 

[MamaChic21]

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LOL not exactly

because we got him a toy and hubby always starts out but then calls me to put it together and our little guy took the screw driver and started to screw something and hubby is like "oh no not you too !!!" I'm like yeah

that's my son alright

 

[Minniechickmama]

I LOVE IT! I too want to teach my kids to build things, but they are reluctant and I am always in a rush to get it done. Not that my husband doesn't do that stuff, but he always wants it to be perfect, and I just want it to get done and look decent and be functional.
I slapped together this frame to hold a desktop once. It was beyond rustic, but it worked. He will never let me live that ugly thing down. I think he has had to eat his words a bit since I started building things for my chickens. I build them like a brick ----house, and even the tornadoes that go through the area would be hard pressed picking them up and moving them on me.

there will be no wimpy kids here, so I am making them all three make either a rabbit nest box or chicken carrier this year for 4-H and they will each make a bird house or bird feeder. That is the minimum. They help a little on the bigger projects too sometimes. But we are going to try tearing our old farm house down this summer and put up a new one, and they WILL be learning how to help build that if they want to sleep indoors.

 

[kfchickenlady]

I agree, you needed a break. You have to learn to look at the big picture even though you are rarin to go! Your baby helps slow you down too, right?

You are going to get so much enjoyment out of this coop you planned and built yourself!!! I for one would be right there with you hammering and cutting away if I were closer, just as many others on this thread have said. Just remember that when you get discouraged, and ppl around you arent supportive. You have some very lucky children and animals, not to mention husband even if they dont know it or always show it.

And yeah about the crappy school system and labeling kids. Mine are both so different but bright in their own ways, we are taught by the system that some idiot with a degree in education knows our kids more than us, Ive gotten that sympathetic, martyred look from some of them too...

 

[MamaChic21]

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I love how you did your broody home, you go girl

. I could understand why you want things to get done right away cause we moms have million and 1 things to do. But I think I'm a bit like your hubby too. I like to do it once and right and probably that's why it takes me longer then usual.

LOL, I bet your kids will help you out with the farm house now that you put it that way

That's a huge project, I wish you lots of luck and strength.

 

[MamaChic21]

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My baby does help me slow down lot more then I would like

I can't wait until this coop is finish and chickens and ducks in it enjoying it, aaaa what a feeling

. Thank God I took the roof down cause my si's brother only screwed in few places and if rained hard or high wind came, the roof would of cave right in. I thank you so much kfchickenlady, I know you would of helped. I appriciate the offer from everyone. You guys don't know what this means to me, I thank you all

Don't you just hate that when they do label it and act like they know your kids better then you, and judge your parenthood like that ?