Farmer's Market

It's that time of year again when fresh produce start coming up. Today we went to the farmer's market in our area and I saw some poppies, at least, I THINK they are poppies of a color I haven't seen before. So, I wanted to take a quick picture. My daughter's hand got caught in the shot and even though it was an accident, ended up looking pretty cute.

We got the usual kettle corn, caramel corn and something new.... shave ice, coconut flavored for the the kids, at least, it was supposed to be for the kids. Daddy and Mommy had some of it. Little girlie wasn't too keen on it, and little man liked it, but the coldness threw him off a bit.

Garden

The weather is finally nice enough to get a little bit of yard work done. Unfortunately, I have kind of let it "go" for the past 3 years.


I planted a few things the past years, like iris and columbine, some lipstick plants, three types of lavender, gerber daisies and tulips. My upkeep has been sadly lacking. Thankfully, God is forgiving and still blessed me with a few splashes of color despite my neglect. Here are some pictures I took just this morning. I spent an hour and a half and maybe progressed 2 feet in weeding and removing invading grass. I haven't pruned the lilac bush in three years. There were a LOT of dead branches. This thing is flippin' tall, maybe 10-12 feet? Anyway, really tired so I stopped the weeding/ de-grassing of the bed for now. I still have 5 feet by 2 feet to do as well as the corner (roughly 4 feet by 2 feet) were I am removing gravel and MAYBE planning a herb patch.

Transitions

So, a couple of weeks ago I noticed that little man's lower left front tooth was wiggling. Ah, it's that time to start getting big boy teeth. I told him it will come out and it might bleed and not to worry since it won't hurt. He still seemed concerned, so I told him that when it comes out, we can put it under his pillow and he will get a dollar from the tooth fairy. (When we were kids it was a quarter, inflation, eh?) As soon as I said "dollar", he immediately started tugging on it himself. Motivation, BABY!

Next, we have girlie pants. Thanks to Auntie (Momma Pajama) who got her a tent like net thingee to go over her bed (girlie calls it her "castle in the sky"), it motivated Daddy and me to start to think about how it was time to get our 4 and a half year old out of a toddler bed and into a big girl bed. Since Daddy has been off this week, it just took a tiny bit of his elbow grease to make it happen. So, a daybed frame from the classifieds, brand new mattress, and a trip to the store to get new sheets and comforter and ta-da! Big girl room. Next month, it's little mans turn to get a room update. I was seriously considering camouflage netting for over his bed, hmmmm. We'll see how it goes from there.

Bro and Sis

So, I decided I haven't posted a couple of new photos of the kids in awhile. So here they are, fresh off the digital camera, taken today. All you parents out there, and those who regularly take photos of kids.... you KNOW how many shots it could take to get them actually looking, smiling AND with their eyes open. As cute as these photos are.... there are many others that didn't make the cut. Thank you God for digital cameras.

April Snow?

It's supposed to be Spring, correct? Complete with Spring flowers and warmer weather, right? Apparently, the weather didn't get the memo. Even though last weekend was in the 80's, this weekend it is snowing. As I am typing this, snow is melting off my hair. I just had to dash outside to take a few pictures before the light faded. The few tulips that I planted are kind of buried right now. Here is also a picture of the view from my front porch. Yes, that is a holly bush. Although, from it's size it seems more like a holly tree.

Beaded Jewelry

I WAS going to finish up random knitting and crochet projects stowed in various bags, then I got hold of a book from the library called "Bead Crochet" and had to try out a few of the projects. I have taken a basic class in jewelry making with wire and finding and such, but never thought to combine crochet with beads. This is the result. I am keeping the 2 on the right, I even wore the center one out already to dinner. The one on the left will go to my sister-in-law.

Easter egg gather!

Last week, a couple of 12 year old girls in our neighborhood decided to organize an egg hunt. They went around asking parents of the neighborhood kids for plastic eggs they could borrow and candy if possible. We live in a culdesac so there isn't random traffic that comes through our driveway. Since all the kids involved were fairly young it wasn't much of a hunt more of an egg gather. Eggs strewn everywhere. I estimate over 200 eggs. Not exaggerating. My girl had the least (she was more interested in opening the ones she had than speeding through picking up more) and she had 22. The "winner" with the most had over 40 eggs. There were about 8 kids participating, so over 200 is decent number to guess with.

So, well, our almost 10 year old television finally kicked the bucket. What does this have to do with the kids? Well, you see the kids play well together but when they start to irritate each other one or the other watches a show, but, they didn't this week, so their methods of entertaining themselves get a little kooky. This is chicky pie with not one, but BOTH tu-tus on. I was going a little kooky myself with all the refereeing I had to do when they started to annoy each other, finally got another TV. Ahhh a tiny bit of relief.

My not so little shark

Daddy was big on swimming while he was growing up. Here, we can't exactly just jump in the ocean like back home, so we decided swimming lessons were a good idea for our son. Here is a picture of him in the pool. He's been in for a month and our intentions are too keep going for a few more levels until he can swim by himself confidently. Of course we will get girlie started eventually as well.

Birthday Party Fun!

I haven't posted in a long while (sorry family and friends), but there is a good reason for this. The whole family came down with the cough. First Daddy, then little man, then girlie pants. I thought I escaped it, but I was the caboose of the cough train, but here we are 2 weeks later still trying to shake it off and it's getting better.

We had an actual birthday party for little man at a local arcade a week after his actual birthday. We invited a few boys from the neighborhood and church and one of the sisters of the boys came too. There were games and bumper cars and pizza and cupcakes. Hubby was just getting better with the cough, and son was sick and daughter was GETTING sick (see beginning of post) and we almost decided to call it off. But as soon as we told him about what we were planning to do the night before, he kept telling us and himself that he was feeling better. He toughed it out because he REALLY wanted to play with his friends. Positive self talk is a great thing.