A Week at Ugly Apple Farm (2)
After building the yurt, we hung two swings near the yurt.
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- throwing the rope over the limb
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- cutting the rope
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- one of the swings
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- tying the rope
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- completed
We also did other things during the week. When we first got there, Lucy was busy with ballet. She had a dress rehearsal and then a recital given three times. We attended one of them. Of course, she was good!
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- entering the stage
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- beginning dance
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- entering for bow
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- final line-up
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- feeling good
We also watched a new bee hive arrive with a box containing 30,000 bees! This was set up in a field not far from the house. Jessica and Christy were feeding them a quart of sugar water a day for the first several weeks until they feel at home.
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- expert and friend bringing equipment
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- placing frames in hive
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- adding the bees
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- adding the queen
Lucy’s piano recital was to be held the afternoon of the day we left. Instead, Sally Jo went with her to her lesson at her teacher’s home. Interesting to see how one teaches piano to a young child who cannot read and cannot sit still for long!
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- piano lesson
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- piano lesson
We cooked. Lucy planned one meal and helped prepare the food.
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- cutting apples
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- cutting apples
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- salad
Ron and Sally Jo hiked in a park while Lucy went to a birthday party. We were at Dinosaur State Park so the theme was dinosaurs. The children were given dinosaur tails to wear.
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- hiking
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- dinosaur tail
Sally Jo helped Jessica pull out a few brambles. This could be a job for a whole week. Ron spent a whole morning playing “train” with Lucy. Lucy wanted to make the longest train that was possible with the tracks that she had. It indeed got quite long.
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- pulling brambles
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- pulling brambles
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- the train goes under the bed
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- having fun
We celebrated by having ice cream three times! Very good!
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- ice cream!
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- fun
Here are also a few photos from around the house:
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- scarecrow
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- phlox
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- pond
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- back of house