Embrace the chaos!
There is literally no other way to do it! Managing livestock, cooking, cleaning, gardening, and caring for the kids is a recipe for chaos and if I let it consume me or stress me out there would be no way to handle it all. So, I just take all the craziness and enjoy what I can.
The house won’t always get clean, the dishes won’t always get washed, the barn might occasionally look like a bomb went off, animals will escape, the kids will slip and hurt themselves. It doesn’t matter!
What matters is that everyone in this family feels loved and appreciated, that we get to spend time together not stressing. As long the animals have access to food and water and shelter they will survive!
It’s the season of babies right now and the barn is full of baby goats, piglets, rabbit kits, and we even have a gosling too! There is so much energy in the air.
Sequoia is growing so fast! She wants to move on her own so badly. She is often communicating through babbles and grunts and although she is happy in most of my pictures she most definitely cries when she is mad.
Can one get cabin fever living on eight acres?! Absolutely! I try to get out daily for a walk and do some geocaching with the kids to make it more exciting!
The weather has been really unpredictable which has made gardening a bit of a headache but now that we are entering into May I’m hoping for at least no more snow or frost.
Life might be crazy right now but we sure do have a lot of fun!
