Fun day to rough day

One of Koen's favorite activities is playing in the sink. He drags the chair from the dining room, removes all kitchen rugs (even the ones located well beyond his path), and prepares to get everything soaked. I find it hilarious that he took the time to put on his rain boots for this particular play session. Wouldn't want those feet to get wet:) Ah, silly boy.

And just when our good day was going so well...

Every afternoon we head down to feed the horses and unfortunately Koen was in the wrong place at the wrong time. He took a hoof to the side of the head and I could literally hear my heart shatter. Of course I thought worst case scenario, that his head had been kicked right in. My first instinct was to panic and dial 911, then after I took a couple seconds to gather my thoughts decided to run him up to the house to assess the damage with Justin. God was watching out for us because the only impairment was a half-inch split in his outer ear cartilage and some swelling and bruising. His head was unfazed. I do not know if I will survive parenthood, especially knowing this will most likely be one of many scary accidents to come.

Around the house

Is he carrying a... wait is that a... chicken?

Why yes.

We finally get to make a (controlled) MESS!

Tong drop

So I'm way over a month late on posting updates to this blog so I'll pick up where I left off-ish. Here is Koen at 21 months doing things he loves to do. That includes helping me haul our free-range chickens back to their coop. Unfortunately, my desire to let our chickens roam around in their natural environment has decreased our brood from six to two. Dang those coyotes. We recently picked up seven more chicks, so we'll see how our new Buff Orpingtons fare. Perhaps they're destined to coop life, which makes me sad.

Next we have a contained unit where Koen is free to experiment with flour, water, and green-dyed sugar using varying types of containers and tools. This has kept him busy for many seconds, freeing me up to focus on housework.

And this game of tong toy pick-up was only interesting for awhile. He was able to master the bucket drop in less than two minutes, so apparently it became boring to him. You can see he's even trying it with his eyes closed as if to make it more challenging and exciting. Okay, we'll bucket-drop that one from the list. Or maybe start this game earlier with our next child.