How does your garden grow?

Crazy me planted a garden this year. Not very big; I think it's 40 inches by 56 inches. And I only planted lettuce, carrots, green onions and tomato plants. 3 different kinds of tomatoes. (I want to see which ones do best and which ones we like best).The kids helped me plant it. I bought 3 bags of top soil specifically for vegetables and mixed it in with the dirt that was already there. Then I measured out spots and marked a straight line. We all made little holes and poured the seeds in. It was very windy that day. VERY WINDY. Each hole got way more seeds than necessary cuz the wind kept blowing them out of our hands.

Can you see the little clump of green? That's many lettuce plants. I'll be thinning them out once they get a little bigger. This picture was taken after only 5 days after being planted.

We shall see how this goes. I'll keep you "posted."

Iron Man watches TV?

Did you know Iron Man watches Tom & Jerry?

BIL paid both of my kids for "helping" with the roof. And of course it was burning a hole in their pockets so we went to Wal Mart to spend it. Quickly, now!

K was able to buy several different things simply because each of her items were not that expensive. These puzzles were in a pack of 3 for $5. They then "go together" to make one picture of all the Princesses.

C on the other hand, was stuck on buying this Iron Man dress up outfit. It came with the mask too. He spent $20 on it! And then wanted to earn more money to buy a battery operated "hand" to go with it. (We let him vacuum both cars for $5. He then had enough money to buy the hand too) Hand--not pictured.

The outfit really is too small for him but that has not stopped him. He has worn it at every chance he gets. Every morning he lays it out nice and neat on his bed. Close enough to see during school. The day he got it, I caught him sitting on the couch watching Tom & Jerry. Made me laugh. That boy does love his dress up.

The Yankees are 2-0

I'm a little behind on C's baseball games. He's had 2 (thus the 2-0) and 1 has been rained out. Thankfully (different from last year) it has already been rescheduled for Thursday of this week. So poor C will have 3 games this week. And Daddy had 2 Monday night. I'll be all "baseballed" out.

Daddy has Tweeted (Tweetering as K calls it) an inning-by-inning play-by-play (wow) for both games. C has been 4 for 4 both games. That's at bat four times and gotten 4 hits for those of you that aren't baseball savvy.

C gets to first base.
And there he goes rounding 3rd.

Happy Birthday, Daddy!

Better late than never. It was the 21st.

But he did get to celebrate with his family. And he got to go to one of his favorite restaurants (Charbonos) and have yummy calamari. And his "little angel" niece made him a mayonaise cake (don't wrinkle your nose; it's yummy).So what did I get him? Did I tell you he got an iPhone? 'Nuf said.

Actually I'm buying him a movie that he wants. Which movie was that again, honey? (I keep forgetting. Star Trek maybe?) And notice "buying" I'm still working on that.

Happy Birthday, dear! I love you! You're AWESOME!

A roof over our heads

Remember I hinted at a 3rd post that was forth-coming? Well it is finally here. My sister commented that she is tired of Legos. All right already! I'm blogging!

Ben's sister and her family (husband and 4 kids) came into town on the April 17th to help replace our roof. We called them our "out-of-town" contractors. Insurance had approved--last year-- for us to get a totally new roof. Because family helped, we were able to #1 upgrade several items for the roof #2 save our deductible and #3 still pay the "contractors." Pays to have family that is Handy and is willing to come help.

Here is a rough time line of our week.

Saturday: they arrived; we didn't do much

Sunday: we went to church in the morning and Red Lobster for lunch. After we got home, the guys started working while the ladies sat and watched. Always the best job.

Later in the afternoon, SIL and I were sitting talking. All of a sudden she got up and went to yell at Daddy, "I need to you to get off the roof now." I thought something was wrong. Once he got down (very rickety very high ladder), she told him to come around front. By this time I was kinda worried. Next thing I know, BIL told me to go around front. There in the driveway were my in-laws--who were NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ABLE TO COME! We begged and begged for them to come and were told NUMEROUS times that they couldn't. Sneaky.

The guys (actually my niece worked too; can't leave her out) worked until about 9pm and got lots done.

Monday: Worked on the roof from 9 til 9--approximately.

Tuesday: Worked from 9 til a afternoon break and then til 8. AND IT WAS DONE!


Both of my kids got up on the roof to help. When K girl got up there the first time, BIL asked her what she was going to do. Her reply "Just sit here and look pretty." Typical.

Wednesday: Daddy's birthday (see next post)

Thursday: Did odd jobs around the house. Our last remembrance of Mugsy is finally gone. We also went swimming at Grandma's hotel pool. Man was that water WARM!

Friday: Daddy's parents left Friday morning and the SIL family left that afternoon. On their "way home" they went to the Creation Museum. One day we will get there. Just not sure when.

And that was our very busy but very productive week. It was so nice to see family and to get a new roof. That's killing two birds with one stone. ("But mommy why would we want to kill birds?" I'll let you guess who said that. And it's not the "looking pretty" one)