Riels the chicken whisperer

Thursday-No twins today since Ava had a rough night and then woke up with a fever so Kelly stayed home. When Rielee got home from school, we shared a smoothie and then went outside to play in the sunshine.  First we played croquet,

 and then she showed me how to play tether ball.  Only one kid can beat her at school.

We let the chickens out while we played a little basketball.  It was funny, one chicken kept trying to get in the bark beside the driveway, she kept chasing her out, saying "how many times do you have to be told to stay out of Dad's bark?"  When we were done shooting hoops, she impressed me when she showed me how she rounds up the chickens to go back in the coop.  They went right along with her as she calmly talked to them and told them to go on in.