Our Week in Review: June 29th-July 5th

It has been such a strange couple of months.  June is gone and here we are into July.  Part of me wants the days to fly by so maybe we can get past some of the strangeness that has come as a result of Covid 19, the other part wants time to slow down and not have the summer days be gone so quickly, especially with the uncertainty of what the fall will bring. 


It was so hot this week!  Heat indexes went up to 110 a couple of days.  Wednesday was one of those days, so we did not make it to the park for our normal walk.  With the extra chores from sickly goats we could not get going early enough while it would still be cool enough to walk and not melt.  Chelsea brought the babies over to the house instead.

That afternoon Alex and I had to run one of our baby goats to the vet.  We banded our boys a few weeks ago to turn them from bucks into wethers.  We discovered that the band was not constricting properly and an infection was starting.  The goat was acting like he was in pain and not eating as much as he normally would.  The vet fixed him right up in a matter of minutes.  Starbucks was happy to return home to his mama and a day after his minor surgery he was back to playing with the other baby goats.  We have noticed that the other male goat is having a similar issue though he is not in any pain.  He has an appointment to go to the vet this week.

Our anemic goat is not doing any better but is not any worse either.  We are continuing to give her vitamin B12 and Red Cell to try and boost her iron count.


The girls started working on This is the Day on hand bells and chimes.  They will be recording it for a church service soon.  Our church will not be reopening any time soon.

We did get to go to a pig show!  One of the strangest things about the changes because of Covid 19 is the things that are open or not open.  Our church has chosen to remain closed, swim beaches in our area remain closed, our local water park is still closed.  4 H is allowed to resume some activities this month with less then 10 people, social distancing, and masks required.  Our county fair is supposed to be going on in September but will only be a livestock show one species at a time with less then 50 people allowed at one time.  But, a jackpot pig show was scheduled about 30 minutes away and we loaded up the pigs.  Nick and Emmie were participating in the show and Lily went along for the ride.  Masks were not required, social distancing was recommended.  I did not post the pictures of the kids at the show on social media because I just didn't want to hear it from anyone that is so against not wearing masks in public (facebook can be an unhappy place these days.)  The show went really well.  There were tons of pigs there.  Neither one of the kids placed but it was a very good experience.  I was very proud of them!  It was a super late night. The show started at 8 (so it is cooler, pigs don't do well in extreme heat)  Emmie didn't even show until midnight.  We were very tired all day on Saturday. 

We usually go to the fireworks at the lake or set some off at home but we didn't do either this year.  Alex had to work all afternoon and the others were working on the camper trying to get it finished so we can go camping next week. 


I ordered some of my curriculum!  I read online today that some places are saying homeschool curriculum is selling out due more people deciding to homeschool this year because of the virus.  I did not have any problem ordering mine.

I hope you had a great week!

Happy Homeschooling!