oinkers and chickens and sheep, oh my!

csa line up for last week.  are ya jealous?

so the farm has definitely captured eric's heart, but jamin and cora love it almost as much.  the only downside is that they have their farm adventures without me.  after everyone is freshly rested from quiet time, eric takes the squids over to the farm to explore and play while he harvests his day's pay.  we are eating lots of kale salad these days, much to my enjoyment.  strawberries have slowed down, but jamin and cora got to try some gooseberries (cora loved 'em).  eric's proud moment of the week was teaching his co-pickers how to hackysack.  jamin is learning, too, so as not to disappoint when he goes off to WWOOF somewhere at 17.

the horse trailer is a chicken coop!  might need to talk to the redbud ladies about those empty ones in the meadow...  :)

"BOOB JUICE!" cora yells out as soon as she sees this guy in action.

 pigs just arrived at the farm this week.  they are currently clearing brush.  kids named a couple : snorter and porter were my favorite ones.  it's a great chance to see what we might like to have on our own little farmstead someday.  although I doubt we will ever have 70 chickens at a time.  or that nancy will ever agree to eight pigs. I think 2 pigs is more than plenty.

took the kids canoeing, their first boat ride besides the ferry.  jamin's lifevest came from the "goody pile" at the shelter island dump.  it's like goodwill except it is free and it all comes from rich people.  life jacket is in almost perfect condition.  it must have been last season's color scheme or something, who knows.

in the background you can see the bike eric swears he is going to start riding to the farm soon.  if I call him out publicly, it might happen even sooner :)

water balloons from nonna!

we're having a wonderful time, in case you couldn't tell.  camp life starting to pick up with staff trickling in from all over the globe.  I'm leading some staff training activities and some devotions, stuff I love love love doing.  this week is family camp and more staff training and our kids start day camp.  they can go all day, but my guess is that eric will pull them out most afternoons just so he can have them all to himself.  and show them off at the farm.  he's a pretty proud papa that way.

thanks to those that have sent mail.  it is a big highlight for sure, and we have tried to be good about sending replies, so be watching your mailboxes as well!

ask jamin and cora to sing you the "pizza man song" next time you see them.  it's their newest campfire fav.