The Barn Part 3

We always called this the 'little blue room'. Originally when we used the barn for more barnish type things, this is where we kept the calves over night so they could suck on the momma so we could milk in the mornings. It was filled with shavings. 

You can hardly tell but there are glow in the dark star stickers on the wall. I always thought that was so cool. Apparently this was Teija's room when we lived here and then a boy we rented the house out too when we moved to our new house stayed in this room. So crazy to think about. After we kind of stopped doing the calving thing, this just became another storage room. I mostly remember this room from cleaning it out every so often to put new shavings in. Kayla

Yes the blue room! I think this is where Teija,Kayla And I slept, is that so? I think I remember sleeping in there but it wasn't blue then. This room always had calves in it. we may have had a couple pigs in there at one point too. remember going in there to bring the calves out to suck.Always shoveling that room out was always so nasty cause there was layer on layer and each layer smelt worse.It would take awhile to get it all done but we had to finish it all so then we could put new fresh shavings in. I loved that feeling once the clean ones were in felt good when it was clean and smelt better! Tyanna

Yep! This was my pride and joy room, my first room without being with the boys! I was so proud to have a girls room.  The door always creaked when you opened it.  I remember laying in bed listening to the rain drops on the tin roof, I loved that sound. I am pretty sure we just had plywood wallpaper. Teija

This room always had calves in it. I also recall shoveling out the old nasty layered shavings and putting in the new. Giving scour pills and shoving the calves back in there after they sucked. After that it was always just full of that type of stuff. Janae

The girls room became a cow room, I think we used to think that was fitting :-). I think I cleaned this room when cleaning the barn the most. Scour calves all the time. Of all the farming I liked the most, it was getting those little calves to suck and helping them when they were sick and learning. I remember being so sad when one would die and that sad look of death in their eyes and putting my hand in their mouth and it being all cold inside, you knew there were about done by then. Can't forget good ol' Molly in the next room. She was a good cow--I miss her. Can't ever forget milking the cows in the freezing cold, bringing hot water from the house to wash them off and my hands being so cold. Ez

I can't remember how many scour pills I gave to calves. We also had pigs in there at times I think. 

Cleaning the barn with Ezra was always crappy. We had lots of fun. Nothing was more satisfying than shoveling the entire thing out and putting fresh clean shavings in there.

I also remember when it was the girls' room. 

Then Sherri Cop moved in there. I think that is when the star ceiling sticker things went up. I bet the cows thought they were outside even though they were inside. Aaron