Farmer School

January is over?  I'm not sure what happened, there, but apparently 2018 is going to go FAST.

Farming most definitely does not stop over the winter.  Lately, we have a lot of meetings, or, 'Farmer School.' These meetings are for our own good to learn more about what research is going on, or other ways to manage what we are already doing.

My goal for this year is to learn more about the farm finances.  I'm lucky to have some awesome Women in Ag Extension classes to attend nearby:  Annie's Project and Women Managing Farm Finances.

I get to do some pretty fun things while I'm attending these 'school' days, too :)

Duane Murley, KWMT radio, interviews Kellie Blair during the #ISAFRC18. The Blairs participate On-Farm Network trials to improve their farming operation near Dayton. pic.twitter.com/lIB3XXIEBd

— Iowa Soybeans (@IowaSoybeans) February 7, 2018

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Tis the Season for Meetings

First Day Of School

Where does the time go?

Wyatt is headed to 1st grade and Charlotte to Kindergarten!!  They will ride the bus to and from school with no daycare.  We've been lucky to have such great daycare.  

I always shed a tear on our adventures into the new.  I'm sad to see them grow, but so very very happy God gave them to us.  ❤️

Annual school photo by the tree!

Grill Gift for Teacher – Farmer Style

Wow.  Summer. 

Summer means that this fall I have a little boy heading to kindergarten and a little girl headed to 4 year old preschool.  I remember thinking about these milestones when they were babies and saying to myself, “6 years old is so far away.”  Well, I’m not so different than every other mom out there, am I?

This past year they both LOVED school.  Wyatt was in Transitional Kindergarten (TK) and Charlotte was in 3 year old preschool.

Charlotte did great in her first year of ‘real’ school.  She went twice a week from 8:30 – 11:30.  Apparently, according to her teacher, Charlotte is ‘friends with everyone, and even friends with kids she doesn’t know.’  Now, the other day at the pool she wouldn’t talk to anyone that talked to her, so I’m sure she has her days. :)  I didn’t get a note home or a call from the principal all year.  Wyatt on the other hand….

Oh, my Wyatt.  I love this kid.  Yet, he frustrates me to no end!  We were told last year that he would probably benefit from TK because that is where they can work on their social skills.  Well, they are ‘worked.’  He was sent to the principal too many times for TK.  When I asked him at the end of the year how many times he went to the office he replied “if you count last year, probably 10.”  Lovely. I’m thankful that the teachers and principal love him in spite of his behavior! 

  Look at how much they’ve grown!  Ok, you may not see it, but I sure do!!  Remind me next year to take better photos :)

I wanted to get the teachers something neat for gifts at the end of the year.  I saw this idea on Pinterest and thought it was an awesome!  So, here is my spin on it:

First off, I of course had to use our school colors.  Go Jaguars!  Target had some perfect items for the gift (all in all it was about $10 for everything including the bag and tissue paper).  I put it all together in the bag and it looked pretty :)

 

Now, for the ‘farm’ spin on the gift.  I had the kids sign their own card printed one off for each gift:

 

So, I was going to print off some recipes for pork and beef, but they wouldn’t print nicely, so I just included the websites on the card.  It worked for me (I’m lazy.  Deal with it).  Wyatt loved the idea because he KNEW that his teachers loved grilling.

Happy Summer!