goat milk

 

Goat Milking didn't happen

 
So, Scotland built the milking stand.  He'd originally built it too narrow, so yesterday he'd swapped the wood out.  Last night, Tatiana and I put the babies in their own little house (travel house).  The babies started out in the main house, and she carried one baby at a time while I did the doors.  The plan was to milk them in the morning.  Trouble is it was raining pretty hard.   They hate the rain so much and I didn't want their first experience to be bad.   So I just let the babies and the animals together.   The mamas were more concerned about being apart than the babies were.  Tatiana had wanted me to wake her up so that she could love on the babies while I was milking the mamas.  When I decided to not milk, I just told Tatiana and let her go back to sleep.  

Went to sleep early

 Yesterday was a school day.    She always comes home from school needing to rest.    Then she played with the boys next door for a bit.   Lately, in the evenings we sometimes watch the second Avatar series, Kora is the name, I think.   We all look forward to that.   She wanted to rest in her room instead.  We knew she must be really tired.    We were to skip her shot since she was asleep, but then she woke up later for a little, and Scotland gave her the shot.  
Her homework was to find a book with alliteration, and two other things (I forget)   She worked hard to pick one book that had all three.   

AHG Camping

The big wood logs are what the girls rolled to the site from far away.   Looks like the park chopped up a dead tree.  They said that Tatiana won the tree rolling since she rolled two.  The other girls are Morgan and Natalie Spears.    The girls got their outdoor cooking badge.  The hammock was from the Spears site.  

 

Ordinary day yesterday

We had an ordinary day yesterday.   Only activity was Karate in the evening.  Kristen was supposed to come over for the day since Patty was having surgery.   But, Mike, her Daddy didn't know, so left her at home.  Disappointment at the Hawthorne house.   I forgot, she did have piano in the afternoon.  Scotland said to tell Tatiana to get a package.   I did, and she didn't get it.  So, when we thought Scotland was going out the front door to take her to piano, she followed and then got all excited to see her new boots at the front door.  I was annoyed that she'd ignored what I said.  So, I was going to make her wait to open the package until after piano.  But, they weren't leaving yet, so she got to open them.    They are even cuter on her.  

Fun AHG Meeting

 Tatiana had a blast at the AHG Meeting last night.   It was photography.   They started out with a mom showing them her camera and discussing the parts and differences with a phone camera.   Then the highlight was a photography scavenger hunt.   They had a list of photos to take outside.   They were adorable.  They ran here and there.   

Current bedtime routine

 Her bedtime routine has evolved, as they do for everyone.   This is her current routine:

1) About 8:30 pm, it starts
2) She brushes her teeth, puts her mouthpiece in and gets her nightclothes on
3) Until just recently, I would then numb her butt.   But just a few weeks ago, she has done it.  I don't know how she does it in the same spot Scotland will shoot her.  But, if she thinks it works, I guess it works.  
4) Then we all climb into the mommy/daddy bed.    Scotland reads out loud from the literature book assigned in her English class.  Tatiana didn't like the first book, Calico Captive.   She seems to like this second book, Lacemaker and the Princess.   I enjoy it enough for all three of us.  
5) Then Daddy leaves and Tatiana and I listen to our current audiobook.   
6) At some point I get tired and say I need to go to sleep, and I turn off the audiobook. 
7) Tatiana then goes to her bed and listens to her book.   She has been using the litebright as a nightlight.   

Praise from teachers

 

I heard from Scotland that the coop teachers love having her in class.   She is "so articulate".  

Piano lesson

 

Scotland went to help Judith, so I took Tatiana to piano.   I went inside to watch the lesson.  It was adorable.  At the end, Kay said, "Why don't you play this song and see if you like it?"   Turns out that it was a sight reading test and she did amazing.   Out of 30 notes she only got one wrong and she corrected it right away.   Her hand position had just been off.   

Tatiana made dinner from cooking class

 Tatiana was inspired by her cooking class yesterday.    She said we needed to buy "tinned biscuits" and then she'd make us dinner.   So, we made a special trip to the store.  She had been excited to find that we had a waffle maker.    The recipe was to make the dough into circles, adding cheese to the middle and then folding over into a pocket.   Then placing in the waffle maker and cooking.  They were quite good.   The last two I got her to add a pepperoni slice to the inside.  The only problem was that the cheese would come out onto the waffle maker, so I cleaned up the cheese between each batch.   I have a panini maker that I think we'll try next time.