The Little Barnyard

Good Afternoon! Finally the weather seems to be improving. Tomorrow is the first day of Spring and it is supposed to be in the 50's! Woo Hoo! I can't remember ever being so anxious for Winter to end! I think because we were pounded with snow/sleet since November. I saw a few plants sprouts poking their heads through the dirt this morning. I've been trying to clean up a little outside. We had gotten our first snow before we had all the leaves cleaned away! We also have a new tree to watch this year~~our town planted new trees on our block since we lost so many from Hurricane Sandy. Seriously, our trees and light poles fell like dominoes during that storm so it was nice to have nice flowering pear planted. I hope they do well.  I also took off the insulating plastic around the chicken coop. Let the sun shine in!  Hard to believe that Carol and Frankie will be one year old on April 10th...my little chickieboos. Anyway, I've been working on few random things and I came across a little picket fence shelf I have had for a few years. It holds keys under the little fence and is very cute but I really didn't have a place for it and didn't need a key holder so in to the closet it went. I decided to craft a little barnyard out of it.

I had the little wooden chicken coop and painted it barn red and glued it to the top of the shelf. Then I just added all the other details including those cute feathery chickens from Michaels and a scarecrow. I found the perfect spot for it without hanging it. I have to take a picture to show you. 

I also crafted a few more bunny wagons. 

Party preparations next week for us as Caitlin turns 9 on the 28th! She's been collecting the "big eye" stuffed animals. Any one else have a daughter or grandaughter collecting them? She has a bunch and loves them. I'm always  interested in what other kids are doing in their part of the country. 

Have a great afternoon!