Scary!

Peter Pan and Jeannie, ready to go to school in all their glorious anonymity...

...in the DARK!!!!

It's no secret I covet their naturally curly hair...BOTH OF 'EM!  Quite a few of my favorite people in this picture.  They're NOT scary. Here.  In fact, they're gorgeous, aren't they?!

More of my favorite people!  More gorgeousness!  

Yeah....Cohagen has the corner on pretty girls...and they rock the google eyes, don't you think?

Proving my point...

Our bus driver also serves as resident craft instructor, occasionally.  She sewed these great little canvas bags for the kids, helped them decorate (with glow in the dark paint, too!) and I'm pretty sure left some sort of great treats for them.

Maggie is so happy to be a "big girl" finally!  Little Miss Katie is a delight...

Have you noticed a google eye theme?  I opened this container of treats from our uber-talented aide and nearly dropped it, laughing!  She had a twinkie baking pan, if you can imagine, and came up with these treats!  Who in the world keeps a pan to make homemade twinkies?  She does!
(The other theme, here, seems to be very talented, creative neighbors and friends, don't you think?)

Along with uncommonly beautiful girls, Cohagen is home to very handsome, athletic young men...

A photo of the children after they consumed approximately 3 pounds of candy, each.  They didn't get much math done on Halloween, except subtracting treats from the funny little canvas bags...

Photo Challenge Day 1: Leaves

This is more than one leave, which technically makes it "leaves", right? And the photo challenge is combined with the shipping challenge....it's actually quite appropriate, I think.

The weather on shipping morning leaves something to be desired....tough to gather pairs when we can't see them!  Here are the trailers, waiting to leave and haul calves....

Guys leave with tummies full of breakfast burritos, cinnamon rolls, peanut butter cookies and fruit....

Glen was told not to leave his good "cow dog" at our house, but I think that was his plan at first. (He says it's not his dog.  Right.  I complimented him on being man enough to be able to walk the little thing around a bunch of tough guys with no apologies!)

Cows leave their calves and head out for a new pasture, unencumbered!

We leave technology behind and compare handwritten, nearly undecipherable lists of noteworthy calf numbers....(the lists MUST match)

Management leaves the others to sort and shift cattle for a few minutes.  It was kind of a big deal that they would leave the breakfast buffet, too, actually.  

The cattle buyer doesn't often leave his papers unguarded.  I didn't leave him alone until we knew the average weight on the steers....and then, left with a relieved smile on my face; they made contract weight!

The semi comes all clean and shiny, smelling of fresh pine chips, and leaves with our calves making a big mess.

I'm sure Scott and Melvin will leave with some good traded stories....

Can't leave the motorcycle behind!  Judging from the pickup, it may be back up transportation, I don't know.

Making decisions on which steers to leave behind....
It's a committee thing.

Happy to see the steers leave for the feedlot and the fog leave for the rest of the day!