Gardening, Again.

Last summer, our square foot garden was a huge success not only for me but the kids loved watching (and eating) what we grew.  We knew we had to do it again.  Our little helper Rylan, cleaned and prepped the soil with Kevin before we planted.  We decided to stick with what worked last year however, we did add a couple of new vegetables to this year's garden.

We planted herbs in the front, chives, parsley, rosemary, and basil then vegetables in the back.  This year we planted tomatoes, carrots, lettuce, peas, green beans, squash, corn, green peppers, orange peppers and cucumbers.

Since cilantro did not work last year in the box I placed it in a pot to see if it will grow better.  Fingers crossed it will survive!  I had Holden write our planter sticks again.

Now it officially looks like a "family" garden.  While we were at the nursery Kevin picked up an additional pot of peppers.

I suppose I will be making a ton of salsa this summer!

We are so excited to watch our garden grow.

Mother's Day Tea

Last week both boys had their Mother's Day events at school.  Holden's was on Wednesday and it began with a beautiful tea just for the Mom's.  There were pastries, scones, fruit, coffee and tea.

It was such a lovely set-up.  We all had a chance to visit together before the kids joined us.  The kids were asked to write a paragraph about their Mother and draw a picture along with it.  Holden was a little nervous about speaking in front of a room full of people but he did really well.

His picture of me was hilarious   I wish I would have taken a picture of it before it went into his big book that he leaves at school.

As a gift they made jars of chocolate chip cookie mix for us to make together.

I am sure these will be made really soon.

Rylan's Mother's Day Tea was on Friday.  He informed me that I had to wear a dress and he even picked it out for me.  I guess he had a certain way he wanted me to look!  His tea was so cute!  He greeted me at the door with my Mother's Day hat and escorted me to our table.

At the table there were handmade gift galore.  There was a huge flower with our picture on it. It was so cute!

A bracelet and a few things about me he wrote.

I always love reading what the kids write about me especially Rylan.  You never know what he will say!  A few of my favorites were "What is your Mom's job?" "To make us boys dinner" Oh my goodness!  Then my favorite show, American Idol, which I have never watched.  And the list goes on and on.  His responses were pretty funny as you can imagine.

He served me a muffin and juice, just like a little gentleman.

We enjoyed them together before the kids sang some sweet songs for us.

As usual, Rylan was a ham!  Singing and doing the hand motions. I did tell Kevin I think he may be the class cut up or maybe he was just excited.  I sure hope he was just excited.  But he was having a ball.

Two wonderful teas with two of my little men.  It was a Happy Mother's Day indeed.

Two Wheeler

Rylan decided this week that he wanted his training wheels off his bike.  And when Rylan decides something, he is makes sure it happens.  When Kevin came home from work Thursday night, off went the training wheels.  It only took a couple of times down the street before Rylan was up and riding by himself.

Kevin and Holden were both running beside him just in case he fell but this little guy was determined to stay on and he did.

 He went up and down the street over and over.

If only you could hear him as he was going up and down the street, he was yelling, "This is the best day ever!"

To say he was excited, is an understatement.

Rylan is still riding with our assistance but I just can not believe how fast he got the hang of riding a two wheeler!  I guess he is determined to keep up with big brother.

Game Ball

Saturday we were back out at the baseball fields for Holden's game.  Over the past couple of weeks, Holden has become a lot more confident.  Before he seemed so nervous but now it seems that his nerves have calmed down a bit.  Saturday's game was an example of his new found confidence and love for baseball.  He was catching balls and hitting each time he was at bat.  Actually, the entire team was doing really well.  They ended up winning 17-3.  When the game was over, the coach gave his pep talk and then gave the game ball to the player who showed the most effort during game. And the game ball went too...

Our little ballplayer Holden!!

He was pretty excited and a little surprised.  He was talking about the game all weekend long.  I think this is probably the highlight of his baseball season so far.

5 Months Old!

Baby Boy is 5 Months Old!

It is crazy how fast he is growing!  Leyton has really become animated.  He giggles,

scrunches his nose,

and "talks" to us all the time.

I love how he folds his little hands,it is almost as if he is praying.

It really is precious.

He still loves grabbing and eating his feet.

He has even started rolling from tummy to back.

 In case you were wondering how Leyton is doing with solids.  Well, lets just say it only took big boy two days to figure out how to swallow and from that day on, he has eaten everything I've introduced.

Oh how time flies!  I am trying to enjoy these moments, even in the mist of our crazy busy days.

Happy 5 Months!