Gardening!

Spring has sprung! I went to the garden center this afternoon and picked up some veggies and some new annuals for the planter by our front door. The kids helped me plant the vegetable garden after dinner.

 They are wearing mittens as their work gloves. Hilarious.

 The baby was able to help out a bit more this year. She used a spoon (trowel) and a fork (cultivator).

We planted tomatoes, cucumbers, basil, parsley, and cantaloupe! I'm excited to see what ends up doing well, and I'm hoping for some yummy cantaloupe.

Mommy/Son Time

The little guy helped me with my favorite kitchen task yesterday: pounding chicken! He liked it even more than I do!

We made a couple batches of chicken parmesan and took one to some friends who have a new baby. (We froze the other one.) Afterwards, we went to a potluck celebration for the end of my running training group. Everyone wore all their race medals they earned during the training period, and the little guy wore his soccer medal!

It was fun hanging out with the little guy one-on-one for so much of the day.

Playing House?

The baby spent some time playing with her babies today. We're not a very creative family when it comes to naming our stuffed animals... our dinosaur is named Dinosaur, our monster is named Monster, our softball-uniform-wearing bear is named Softball Bear. There is, however, one exception. In this picture is Baby (in the rocking chair), Raggedy Ann, Baby (in the bed), Franklin (the turtle), and Aunt Sarah (the blonde one).

It's quite the honorific!

Girls' Night

The baby and I stayed home from church last night-- we snuggled under a blanket on the couch with Daniel Tiger to watch Daniel Tiger together. Our heat is out thanks to the stupid lightening, so the snuggling was nice and warm.

She's such a little cutie-pie.

Uh-Oh

We are getting family photos taken this weekend (I'm excited even though I can't decide what we should wear)... but I'm worried it's not going to go well. The kiddos make the strangest faces every time they see a camera.

Luckily the photographer we use is really good. (Fingers crossed!)

Weirdos

The little guy used to be a burrito when he got out of the tub. Lately, though, they've both been pretending to be eggs that hatch into puppies. I have no idea where this came from, but it involves lots of barking and giggling.

They are so, so, so strange.

Ugh.

Our Jeep was struck by lightening Thursday night. It caught on fire and we ended up having to call 911 and have the firefighters come. Apparently the lightening strike (or strikes?) took out a few of our adapter cords (for the router, the roku) and... the air handler to the house! Hooray! We're about to hemorrhage some serious cash.

Since the Roku is broken, the kids have been forced to watch tv on the iPad. Because of all the disruptions I let them watch Dinosaur Train during dinner tonight.