Last week was spring break for our kids, and although we couldn’t afford to take them on a trip around the world, to a fascinating place or even to town for fun – we did manage to have a few laughs along the way.

One of the things they did was help a local family out by caring for their livestock while they enjoyed a spring break trip.  They had four different types of animals, which meant each of my four kids got to pick which animal they wanted to take care of and it worked out perfectly!  It was also wonderful for this Mom to see how responsible they really are outside of the confines of home, where they whine and complain by having to unload the dishwasher or clean their bedrooms.

One of the animals DD#1 cared for were chickens.  They were lovely birds, brown and black and fluffy and fun.  They just had a bit of a problem with geing able to grow feathers on their nether-regions.  The owner asked me not to photograph and share her birds, and I agreed.

But, I never said anything about the EGGS we gathered!  It became quite the conversation over dinner each evening, as to how many eggs the kids had collected and some funny descriptions of some of them.  Below is a photograph of three of the eggs from these prolific hens, and the descriptions DD#1 gave to me as she showed them to me.  Perhaps not the same as a spring break vacation, but love and laughter go a long way in my book!