Yesterday morning I had a lovely mom's-only breakfast with my friend Rana (she has a daughter just a few days older than Mary-Michael) - it's so nice to take a break to reflect on still being somewhat new parents, discuss what's going well and what's not, and just connect and remind yourself you can't do it all and really - there's no such thing as a super mom. (If you are one, congratulations but please don't tell me).

After my morning breakfast and failure to remember to take out our only carseat so that Geoff could meet me in town, I trekked it back to King William. Once home I met the "bee guy" also known as "Guy" who informed us that one of our hives had swarmed and left. So, we are left with one, and we can either purchase more bees or wait until next year and try to split this hive. In an effort to try and keep costs down with our farming adventure (aka experiment), I think we'll try and split them next year.

But the afternoon was not to be dampered by this news - we met up with the Young's and headed to Maymont for a little picnic and visit on a beautiful Spring day. We followed this with family nap time and an evening with some more friends for dinner and to watch a UFC fight. Ok, I slept during the fight because they really just don't interest me that much, but it was still a fun evening.


Micah (the child with no fear) attempts to grab the goat's face.


Mary-Michael gently pets the goat with Daddy's help (oh the difference between boys and girls!)


Micah was less than thrilled to pose next to Mary-Michael for a picture.


But if a bear's involved, who cares if she's on my back!


We attempted a group bath with M&M, Micah and Brayden. This is the beginning.


This is a few moments later (Mom, am I really still in here with these crazy boys?)