Hopefully I’ll have time to get some writing done over the weekend because this week I’ve been too busy living up to the Momma Hen name.

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Today alone has been pretty crazy: brought home three new chicks (that makes eight total), chased away a hawk, secured fencing to keep the chickens in (waste of time because it didn’t work) and had a freaked-out rooster try to attack my leg (thank goodness for boots).

Usually my feathered and human hatchlings take turns needing me, but this week it’s been a draw. H#1 missed two more days of school due to the stomach bug that seems to be sweeping the nation. H#3 is trying his best to walk by himself but still feels more comfortable holding hands and dragging whoever happens to be attached to those hands wherever his fancy takes him.

H#2 just wants H#1 to feel better so he has a playmate.(Though he isn’t complaining about extra tv time.) And he wants H#3 to start walking so Mommy’s hands are freed up to play more cars with him.

Have a great weekend, enjoy March Madness (go Heels!) and fingers crossed the stomach virus doesn’t darken your door.