Raising Chickens and Special Needs Kids

[Blooie]

I love it when the grands give us a little insight into what it must have been like for us to first figure out the stuff we now don't even think about! When Katie was 8 and our chickens first started laying, she and I were going to be make scrambled eggs for breakfast. It was the first time we'd accumulated enough eggs to make enough for 3 of us. While I was getting some ham chunks chopped up to add, I put Katie in charge of breaking the eggs into a bowl. I told her to first break each one into a little saucer before she added them to the others. I looked over and she had broken them all into one bowl, had the bowl full of eggs at the sink, and was running water over them, swishing them around with her fingers.

"Katie, what are you doing?" She looked up at me as grown up as can be and said,

"Didn't you say we had to wash the eggs before we used them?" Um, yeah, I guess I did. <sigh>

 

[Kiki]

I love it when the grands give us a little insight into what it must have been like for us to first figure out the stuff we now don't even think about! When Katie was 8 and our chickens first started laying, she and I were going to be make scrambled eggs for breakfast. It was the first time we'd accumulated enough eggs to make enough for 3 of us. While I was getting some ham chunks chopped up to add, I put Katie in charge of breaking the eggs into a bowl. I told her to first break each one into a little saucer before she added them to the others. I looked over and she had broken them all into one bowl, had the bowl full of eggs at the sink, and was running water over them, swishing them around with her fingers.

"Katie, what are you doing?" She looked up at me as grown up as can be and said,

"Didn't you say we had to wash the eggs before we used them?" Um, yeah, I guess I did. <sigh>

So cute!

 

[Blooie]

 

[Blooie]

 

[TexasLisa]

What a beautiful little girl! She is really getting big. I love her silkie!

 

[Blooie]

Ken caught me wrestling around with Kendra in the kitchen a couple of days ago and he snapped this.....yep, I know my hair is full of static, but it's still winter in Wyoming and dry, dry, dry! But ignore that and look at Kendra's face!! Love it!!

 

[Jessimom]

What an AWESOME photo!! Thank you for sharing. Kendra is SO very lucky to have you in her life!!!! And I can tell that you are incredibly lucky to have Kendra in your life!

Keep smiling!!!

 

[Cynthia12]

She loves her Grandma...Grandma loves her Kendra! Yep.

 

[Blooie]

Ken took Kendra out for a walk, and at first she did great. We got concerned because she really started dragging her right leg and I don't know what that ambulation was but it wasn't walking. So after we brought her in we checked. What we saw is in the photo below the video. She's managed to snap another steel wound cable in her braces. This is the third pair, and this is the third time. These are only 2 months old. Have I ever mentioned that Kendra is extremely active? <sigh>

 

[TexasLisa]

Ken took Kendra out for a walk, and at first she did great. We got concerned because she really started dragging her right leg and I don't know what that ambulation was but it wasn't walking. So after we brought her in we checked. What we saw is in the photo below the video. She's managed to snap another steel wound cable in her braces. This is the third pair, and this is the third time. These are only 2 months old. Have I ever mentioned that Kendra is extremely active? <sigh>

Go Kendra!!

Blooie, there has got to be somebody that can build her a better brace. From reading this forum, there are others who are just as active. If I am frustrated, I can imagine what you are feeling.

Prayers going up for her!