Tag: kids

• Another toy for Ryan and me. 

  ​​​ I borrowed a friends tractor and had a great time grading our back half acre. We smoothed out the pasture area and created a nice slope in the new barn area where we will be building this summer. Also, spent some time smoothing out the old garden to extend our grassy back lawn. The…

  micheleballantyne

  July 7, 2017

  Building Cool Stuff, Homeschool Fun, My Horses

  Building, building a barn and corral, kids, teaching children, women building, Women Building Awesome Stuff!

• Mechanical Necessity!

  A couple days ago when I entered the dining room I saw that Ryan was taking apart a little fan.  

  micheleballantyne

  March 28, 2017

  Homeschool Fun

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• Body by Ryan

  Source: Body by Ryan I am pressing this post by my daughter Melissa Cochran, an artist who delights in painting funny impressions of some of the characters my kids have created in our wacky goofy family fun.  Click on the source link above to see the painting evolve and check out the video at the…

  micheleballantyne

  March 7, 2017

  Homeschool Fun

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• What a perfect little paw print!  What I saw while I was organizing my garage :-)

  Today (written on Wed. Jan. 25th) I’m organizing my garage! Or I should say I’m supervising the organization of my garage! Ha ha I’m sitting in a rocking chair, in a big fluffy down jacket, telling my son and my niece what to do. My niece is a real go-getter. She has worked for me…

  micheleballantyne

  January 26, 2017

  About Michele

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• Horse Lover From The Beginning

  My mom says I got my start loving horses when I was about two years old. She set me on a spring rockinghorse at a friends house and I screamed when she tried to take me off to go home. One day, she says, I cried all the way home.  When we finally got home and…

  micheleballantyne

  October 30, 2016

  About Michele, My Horses

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