Second Year in Moscow, Idaho

The second year we moved to a 10 acre parcel with a big house on East F Street just at the edge of town. We had the 10 acres of alfalfa, so we bought a calf and staked it out, and bought some Banty Chickens, and some Rabbits. We cut alfalfa every day to feed the rabbits We bought a bred doe(we thought) and it turned out to be a buck. The other rabbit ate some tar off the cage and died. David lost his glasses in that field and we looked long and hard for them.
That's where we lived when I was babysitting the younger kids and Margie was crawling around playing in the bottom kitchen cupboards with the pans and lids which was o.k., but she found the Roger's Golden Syrup (a special treat from Canada) and got the lid off. Oh what a mess. I bathed  and changed Margie and mopped the floor, but it was still sticky when Mom & Dad got home and I had to mop it again.
We were short on money when we lived in that house and so we moved the couch into our big farm type kitchen and heated that part of the house, putting blankets over the doorways to keep the heat in, but left the front room unheated. However, that is where the piano was and we had to practice 2 half hour sessions a day, so we were anxious for the timer to go off.
Until this time, I did not know that Dad was able to do much carpentry. He and Mom worked hard to make some Christmas presents for the kids. They made a roller toy for Margie out of an empty peach can, beans and two wooden circles glued into the ends of the can with a twisted coat hanger for the handle They also made a bean bag game out of a wooden board with round holes in it and a back attached, where the bean bags would hit and slide down. Mom made the bean bags and painted the numbers on the front with the Artex type Paint. The other toy they made was a ring toss game. Dad cut out a neat shaped board and then screwed cup holders (hooks) into the board and they used Mom's rubber canning rings to throw at the numbered hooks All 3 of the toys were painted a gun metal gray from the Army and Navy Store.
That is where we were living when Uncle Donald came to visit us just before he had his horse accident. We only lived about 15 miles from Pullman where Don & Rosie and family were living while Don Jr. was going to vet school, so we spent time with them while they were close. Uncle DR, Uncle Charles, and Uncle Woodrow lived in Spokane, which was only 88 miles away and so we got to visit with them quite often as well.
That's where we lived when Dad & Mom were asked to sing a duet at Church. Up until that time, I never thought Dad could sing except in Church or at home on Sunday nights, but he and Mom sang a song entitled "In The Garden". It was beautiful and many people cried because it was so touching.