Alison E. Buehler > Quotes

“neither of my boys were convinced, and they spent that spring either running after or running from an imaginary threat. If they collected eggs, they dropped them, or couldn’t resist throwing one at a tree. They couldn’t reach the feeders or carry the waterers. When I told them, “We are getting a new batch of baby chicks!” they barely reacted. On the other hand, Cecelia seemed to have benefited wildly from the chickens. After we moved them to the coop, she got a brand new floor in her bedroom, the nicest in our house. The chickens were raised in her baby-room while I was pregnant. They kept escaping from the brooder and no amount of scrubbing could clean her carpet. “Chicken” was her third word.”
― Alison E. Buehler, Growing the Good Life: Lessons in Parenting, Gardening, Health, and Meaningful Living

“Ben, my middle child, loved finding aphids and squash bugs, but had to be convinced that we could not keep them for pets.”
― Alison E. Buehler, Growing the Good Life: Lessons in Parenting, Gardening, Health, and Meaningful Living

“Ben, my four year old, had had it. “I’m tired of poop,” he told me. Max hated the smell of the coffee grounds we picked up from a local coffee shop, “It smells like cigarettes!” I liked to tell myself I was teaching them resourcefulness, but truthfully, I think I was addicted.”
― Alison E. Buehler, Growing the Good Life: Lessons in Parenting, Gardening, Health, and Meaningful Living