8 days til chickens!

Here are some drawings of the types of chickens we will have in eight (countdown already in full swing) days:

The all black ones are called black Australorps, the golden ones are buff Orpingtons, the black and white one is a barred Plymouth Rock, the reds are Rhode Island Reds, and the multicolored ones are called Ameraucanas.  They are super cool because they lay multi-colored eggs in shades of pink, blue and yellow. 
The kids are on super chicken overload.  I took them to Atwoods the other morning on a "chicken field trip".  I thought they might explode with their chicken delight!  The names that are being bantied about are the funniest thing: fat louie, Asoka, Anikan, and even Sateen.  Yes, we have a bunch of clone wars fans.  And a princess.

W had his first cereal today and did very well; hopefully the rice will help keep his milk down!  He is on the verge of crawling away-- he is army crawling everywhere in just the last few days, and he is on all fours some of the time now!  And if he can't get where he wants to go that way, he just rolls!  Nothing and no one are safe any longer! (can you hear the Star Wars theme song in the background?  I can- I have three or four kiddos humming it at any given time!)