Garden Days

We spent another whole day in the garden.  The other day... Friday we spent 5 hrs in the garden.  The boys just ate pb sand for dinner because we were outside until 7:30 pm playing and gardening!

I LOVE summer!  Even though we had snow Friday morning, I drove to work in slushy snow :0

Unfortunately lately I have been too busy with the boys to get any pictures of the boys.... tomorrow for sure.  I have finally emptied all the pics from our camera so I can use it again.

Here are some pics of the garden and Roxy's sweater I made her last year... I just found it.

Went for Tea at Kim and Devon's new house yesterday.  It's very beautiful and so much room!  The boys ran circle around the kitchen, but the only person worn out when we left was Kim I think. HEE hee

 Strawberry patch "before" check back for my "after" later this week

 Baby corn! All of our corn has come up this year :)

Old pic from cy July 6, 2009- times have changed

 Fairy house that Q put next to raspberries

Not sure which boys hand this is....

Roxy's sweater

My Snack Jack pumpkin...all our old ones went rotten so we replanted them :)

Strawberry flowers, already!

Tomatoes and pumpkins getting some fresh air, they will be planted next week with our lettuce, carrots, radish, beets, zucchini, beans, and peas.... I think that's everything.

 Fun park play on a very nice Early April day, it was 15 so we HAD to go to the park!

 First fire pit of the season... many more to come!

 Easter 2012, T is absent from pics because he just ate all his chocolate!

 Quiet happy play for about 30 min, a mama dream, I just knitted.  Now they are throwing empty pop bottles around their room with the door closed... it's the little things in life :)

Our tomatoes!  This year they seem to be on drugs!

Yesterday we took the boys in to get blood taken for allergy testing.  Cy sat on my lap and watched the nurse as she inserted the needle.  He didn't even flinch or get upset!  We were so amazed with how he did.  Our very brave 4 year old.

T cried when the needle went in but when they were finished he stopped crying right away. The nurses were great , they only took a minute.  

Then we all went out for ice creme at Dairy Queen.  

January Update

Can I have a towel on my head just like you mom?

And I'm spent...

Sticker Fun!

Cookie cutter stamping with paint.

We have been very busy the last few weeks, the boys have had 2 days of Waldorf preschool. They made dipped candles for Candlemas. I guess we will have some more winter as it was a clear and bright day.

The Waldorf community here has presented the school board with a proposal for kindergarden next year. It was accepted! I am soooooo excited!

Kyowan seems depressed and a part of his gums has started to rot, so the time to day goodbye is near. A great life for a 13 year old huge dog.

Sorry not much chatting really tired today... my knee is sore so I am taking a few days off of bodyrock.tv and I miss it! :(

Halfway through January

This year I have decide to have more activities planned for the boys. Not huge or elaborate stuff just some fun things that we can do together. We have also implemented a daily outing time, right after snack time in the morning we either go to the park or for a walk. Having the same time every day for the boys makes the day flow better.

Since we have started the rhythm Cy and I have been getting along, I have had NO days yet that I have been wishing that Q would get home sooner so I can get a break :)

We celebrated Three Kings Day! January 6th

Tracing the alphabet

Counting Carrots

Tower Building

Less Toys = More Playing

I finally got around to organizing the toys and I am going to rotate once a week. I also add a few homemade Montessori activities for the boys.

Q had his work Chrstmas Party VERY late. We stayed at the hotel overnight, with no kids (Thanks GG and Aunti Katie), Great food and tons of dancing... I had blisters the next day. Can't wait until next year.

Some sad news. Our old dog (13) Kyowan wasn't doing well and lost a ton of weight. We took him to the vet and found out he has lymphoma. Very advanced :( Now we are just trying to make him comfortable for his last chapter of life. Q has had him since he was 6 months old. I met him when he was 3. He has had a great life, hiking, skiing, rock climbing... ect. We are going to miss him so much. But our old dog Taffee that passed away from Bladder Cancer 2 years ago is watching over him.

Yes! These are my abs (shhhh don't tell anyone this was after having food poising for 2 days...)

Cy can work the phone booth.

Can you spot the wolverine?