chicken identification

i took some close ups of the chicks to show the folks at www.BackyardChickens.com. i'm hoping they can tell me what kind the girls (hoping!) are and about how old they are.

Bald Head Weekend

Brian had a meeting in Wilmington last Friday, so we all went. His wonderful grandmother, Fan, and a couple of his equally wonderful aunts and uncles let us stay at their place at Bald Head for the weekend. We had such a good time. The weather on Saturday was perfect!

While Brian was at his meeting, the kids and I visited with Fan and D at their house. I think my kids are so lucky to know some of their great- grandparents!

The ferry leaves from Southport, and we always try to eat at The Provision Company
before we get on the ferry. Okay, that website makes it look like even more of a hole-in-the-wall than it actually is. Really, it's an institution.






Noah had fallen asleep in the car on the way from Wilmington to Southport. He was quite grumpy when we woke him up to eat.

Here's Lilah on the ferry. All the boys rode inside, but Lilah and I rode up on top. It was a beautiful day.


Saturday morning we went by the Alligator pond. Usually we just see a ton of (cute) turtles, but every now and then we actually see a gator. We were lucky this time!

Of course, after the alligator pond, we headed to the fire station.

A boy and his chicks

The kids and i have been wanting chicks for a while. Our awesome, local old-timey hardware store sells them, and this Saturday morning I just could not take it any longer! We got three. Noah named his Peep. Lilah named hers Polka Dot. And mine is Outlaw. They are so cute.

We all love them, but Noah really really loves them.






i don't know why that last picture is sideways. i fixed it in my album. argh.

Boy are these chicks getting a LOT of love.

oh, these are cute too!

this is our loot from the farmer's market on saturday.


this is us eating our mcdonalds after the farmer's market on saturday. ironic, huh?

this is rowan clapping "yay" for strawberries!

Roey still has long hair.

noah got a crew cut!

Gosh, he is handsome. We were going to get a trim, I thought. Turns out he wanted a crew cut. It's his hair, right? And, it'll grow back. Those were my thoughts before the cut.

Actually, I think it looks really cute. I think it will be nice for the hot summer too.

It does kind of seem like the end of an era though.

little guys watching lots of soccer

weekend o soccer

last weekend was the Matthews Soccer Club U8 league season championship tournament.
noah's team, the cougars, had 2 games on saturday and 2 games on sunday. that, friends, is a lot of soccer. it was fun though.

both of games on saturday ended in ties, which was funny. on sunday, they won their first game, which earned them a place in THE championship game, later on that day.

all the kids played so hard, and they were winning 1-0 most of the game. but in the 4th quarter the other team scored and they were tied. since it was the final game, they couldn't end it a tie. they had one overtime. neither team scored. then they took away the goalies, and started another overtime, sudden death. the other team got the ball, took it down and scored. so, that was that. noah was seriously sad, but he survived.

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