Run Away!

Spencer ran over a nest of baby bunnies last week with the lawn mower. Luckily none of the babies were hurt, probably just their pride. Yesterday we decided that they were big enough to be taken to a nice new home with lots of space and clover to eat. Wasn't that nice of us? We decided to take some pictures because it was very cute to see the kids holding the bunnies on last time before letting them set off on their own in the big world.

Spencer was the biggest kid of all. He really, really, really, really wanted to keep one of the bunnies for a pet. Ha. Just in case we didn't have enough "things" to take care of. Corbin thought that his bunny was the cutest. Miles decided that his bunny was cuter than Corbin's bunny. Ella-marie said that hers was the mostest cutest princess bunny in the whole world.

And Hunter couldn't figure out why the bunny would start squeaking frantically when he would squeeze just a mite too hard.When it was finally time to let them go, three bunnies made of like a shot for the woods and relative safety found there. Two of the others learned a hard lesson...if you don't run away fast enough...those crazy children pick you up again....and if you don't run away fast enough again...they pick you up again...etc, etc, etc.

Run away! Run away!

We're so excited!

In honor of Grandpa Johnson coming to visit in a few weeks, Corbin and Ella-marie decided that they wanted to bask in the sunlight in our living room. For everyone who understands, this is a very funny picture.

Beans, Beans, A Magical Fruit...

...the more you eat them, the more you want to plant more!

Saturday was an exciting day in the Finch household. It was finally time to plant the garden! Spencer and I can't decide whether it's easier having more helping hands, or exponentially harder. I guess Hunter definately was a liability, but Corbin, Miles and Ella-marie did a great job! Here we are after planting the twelve tomatoes and six rows of green beans.

Michelle and Ryan, these are for you...Miles is planting the Peruvian beans, Corbin is planting the Colombian beans, and Ella-marie and I are planting the Brazilian beans. Spencer took care of the hot peppers. And Hunter is digging up the cucumbers that Spencer also had just planted. One step forward, two steps back...

Hunter was quite a mess after we were done. This picture was taken even after he had wiped his face with his hands. Before it had looked like he had brown boogers coming out of his nose. And also note the brown socks...really, they are white. Well, at least I hope they will be white again after I wash them.

A Photographic Montage

I have some photographs that haven't seemed to fit anywhere else this month,

so I've put them all together. Enjoy!

Levi, the cutest baby in the world

Many naked children. Perhaps we need a bigger bathtub!

How many people does it take to sweep the floor?
(I guess 3, but whether they are actually "helping" is debatable)

I have titled this photograph "Hunter, You Have To Wait Until After Prayer"

Toothless!

Corbin has had a loose tooth for quite some time, and an adult tooth growing in behind. Well, today we decided to bite the bullet (literally) and pull it out for him. Neither Spencer nor I realized beforehand how queasy and chicken we really were. This was definately a learning experience. I've included a photographic journal of our adventure.

Dental floss was a great idea. Spencer the eagle scout was able to lasso his tooth with some floss. Ella-marie, Miles and I sat on the floor in front and counted to 3. And this is the part where we realized that Spencer was a squeamish chicken. Poor Corbin...all of that anticipation...then nothing! So Spencer and I traded spots and they counted for me. On 3, I closed my eyes and yanked. Perhaps I should have kept my eyes open. It took a while to find the tooth across the room. Hehehe!

Corbin was very brave and didn't even cry. I think that he was so shocked that his mom could be so mean as to pull his tooth out that he couldn't even comprehend.

If that's not a sad face, then I don't know what is! Note, the little tooth in his hand!

Ta-da! We have success!
Final conversation...Spencer-"Corbin, how do you feel now?"
Corbin- "Toothless"

Our new fabulous Dining Room!

I really wish that I had some before pictures of our dining room. I'm not sure that you can fully appreciate our new room without seeing the old nasty green curtains, or nasty green paint, or the nasty green painted window and door frames. It looks so much better now. And the dining room is now also officially Miles' favorite room in the house because it is all blue.

The curtains, made by me, are made out of the same fabric as the chair seats. Spencer was even brave enough to glue the wobbly chairs back together. It's like having a new dining room table set. No fingers are allowed to wipe themselves on the chairs.
Note the new silver chandelier and silver curtain rods...all spraypainted so that we didn't have to buy any new ones. And the lovely stripes were painted by Spencer and I. I love when Spencer has spring break and needs a project to work on.

Flour, Flour Everywhere!

I've decided that I'm glad that Hunter is a part of our family, even if it is just for the sake that he makes for very exciting blog posts. This week may have been the kicker.

Hunter found my big bucket of flour from the cupboard and sneaked into the dining room to "cook". He didn't tell me what recipe he was using, but it needed a lot of flour. Once I realized that he was being too quiet and I needed to go find him, it was a little too late...

"CAUGHT!!"

I was a very calm mother thought and thought "Gee, this is kinda funny...I should go get the camera because this would make a fabulous blog post!" Hunter is lucky that I thought that...all I could do was to say "NO, no flour" and try to keep a straight face.

He looks so innocent, doesn't he?