Free Range Chickens and Kids

The ladies spent another afternoon with my parents on their mini farm. They run wild, dive into bushes, pretend to camp in a big camper, and play with all the animals. It's pretty much as amazing as you can get for a kid.

3 Acres to play in.

Camper nap.

My favorite hen.

My parents' chickens live the life. They get loved on, fed, played with, protected, and are free to roam. I challenge you to find happier chickens.

This is Shaq. He thinks my dad deserves a chicken-given ass kicking

and is first in line to hand one out.

Broody ladies are hatching us some chicks.

Watching the ladies grow and learn gives me an indescribable feeling.

This chicken said chicken swear words at me for looking at her chocolate-brown eggs.

My heart is filled to bursting watching my kids have so much fun in the same house I visited my grandparents in. Soon we'll pick and eat the same plums and mulberries my grandpa and I did and plant new trees and make new memories.

Summer. She hath arrived.

Athena Beana Ballerina, how does your garden grow?

With hot peppers for her dad, big tomatoes for lamb burgers and fancy egg tomatoes for fun!

Athena is a gardener just like her gammy. She's been planting and picking since she was so wee.

She's starting her own little sunflower seedlings.

Tending to her dad's hot peppers is a labor of absolute love.

This big fella is her pride and joy right now.

These are our Thai pink egg tomatoes.

When they're ripe they'll be bright pink and egg shaped, hence the name.

I've never been any good at taking care of plants but I'm desperately trying to learn so I can do this with Athena. Good thing one of us can keep the container garden going.

Athena and I are becoming nail polish and decal junkies

Being a girl is fun. Having a little girl that loves all things makeup and nail polish is even better. Avon is totally upping their game with their new nailwear. The different finishes and decorations make it look like we've been to the salon when in reality we're just playing with $3.99 nail polish. Win.

Create Nail Envy!

With a New & Improved formula, 45 new shades and 4 new finishes to play with, Nailwear Pro+ Nail Enamel is your pretty little secret to summer's hottest nails.

(Athena's favorite is the mosaic finish.)

We give it all 2 very nicely manicured thumbs up.

instagram

Before I could share with the cool kids, I must admit, I was irritated by you, Instagram. All those hip, groovy pictures the Apple people were taking, I wanted that too, even though I'd never admit it. Then you were released for Android and I scoffed at you along with all the irritated Apple users. Well, I scoffed at you for 5.2 seconds then downloaded the app.

And the rest is history.

Are we friends on instagram? I'm Athenabees, of course, and I like friends.

(Can I order prints of my instagram pictures somehow?? Is there also a special way to share them so they look all cool like they do in my phone? Help me, pocket friends.)