We got to experience something very new to us a few weeks ago but first a couple of pictures from the coop and the couch.
Rafael doing his presentation by doing a card trick
Cozy time on the couch at night. If only they could get along this well all the time!!
So back to our experience… We were invited by some friends to come and learn how to kill and prepare a chicken. It surely sounded a little intimidating as well as interesting and possible traumatic. Alex was not home so I decided to go with the kids and just observe. it would be very valuable knowledge whenever we get out little homestead with some animals :-)
When we got there it started off with a presentation with some background information and what we were to expect. Our friends are Jewish so everything needed to be done kosher style, which is meant to be the least paint full for the animal. While I was listening to this the boys were running around playing with the other kids who were there, but as soon as it was time to kill the first chicken they came running and were very interested in how it was done. Marlee even helped with one of the chickens which ended up being our chicken and we got to take it home. I was worries the boys would find the whole procedure scary but they were surprisingly engaged and curious.
Gabriel helping Marlee to rinse off the blood from the chicken before putting it in hot water and then in the defeathering machine. It was a heavy chicken!!!
Spraying water into the defeathering machine. We still had to plonk a lot of the feathers and that is hard work!
A normal day at coop :-)
Marlee built a “floating island”
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This was the first meal I made of the chicken. I also made curry chicken and chicken soup :-)
Doing school ❤️
We went to see one of Alex’s speeches in port orange. Several of my friends were talking as well as it was about homeschooling.
At coop again :-) David loves to go in this cart.
Basketball game for Gabriel and Raffi.
Boat ride! It has been a while but we finally made it out again. David is eating a boiled egg which is his and mine new favorite protein snack :-)
It was exhausting for Raffi!!
While on the way back to the dock Gabriel found a toad in one of the cabinets on the boat. He was so excited about it!! :-)
The weather has started to get warmer now so hopefully there will be chances for some more boat rides.
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