Grow, Baby, Grow!
We (mostly me) are impatient and cannot wait until the garden is overflowing with veggies.
Happy kids
Have a great week!
We've been playing outside, piddling in the garden, and trying to keep cool. It continues to be steamy here with humidity making the overall temperature feel over 100 degrees. BLECH!
Yummers! Fruit!
The chair is done! I am not 100% thrilled with it, but it is done, and I am sure it will be done again if we continue to own it.
Ralphie is less than an hour old here. And his little eyes hadn't even opened yet. He is a rat terrier, and will be coming home to us in 8 weeks. This picture is a not the best. I think he wasn't even fully clean when it was taken. And it was taken off a cell phone!
These sets can be pricey, so I am always on the lookout at yard sales and Goodwill for more sets. They all work together, and some of them come with a motor that can make your creation go forward or backward. 
If you have any idea who made them or when or what style, please share! There are no markings or lables to indicate who made them or when they were made.
More on the chair later.
I can't believe how big Moe is. Here he is at naptime. Zonked out.
More Moe. He said he is going to give up his thumb, but I doubt it. It is amazing to me all the things children learn in the first 3-4 years of life.
And finally..some more curtains. I don't know what I think about them. Sometimes I like them, while other times I am ambivalent. Maybe they will grow on me....
Done!
Mimi really enjoyed this project. She took a lot of time going around the yard looking. Then after completing it she said she wants to do it again tomorrow, but will fill it with different objects. I thought that was a good idea.
No, not the Elmo. He made the ninjas mask for Kevin. Kevin saved it, of course.
This tip is my favorite.
Eggs anyone? I whipped these up with some spare yarn while watching Letterman last night. 
We recently celebrated Moe's birthday. He got this hot wheel track. He is terribly afraid of the shark. So much so that I had to take it out of his room so he could sleep at nap time and night! Poor kid.
He is a sweet boy with a kind heart.
Kevin can play any instrument. We house enough instruments for an orchestra. We do. We have a violin, a french horn, a full drum set, a mandolin, a ukelele, a clarinet, lots of guitars, a keyboard...various other drums...I am sure I am missing a few instruments. Anyway, you get the idea. Kevin is self taught. I admire that skill. I wish I had it. I enjoy listening to him play. 
Mimi jamming to some of Kevin's music.
Our plum tree isn't doing well. We thought we were going to get a good crop, but for whatever reason the tree is ejecting plums faster than we can pick them up.
carrots!
tomatoes!
green peppers!
Eating apples that aren't ripe? Yuck-o. Mimi likes them though.
A fancy meal all for me. The chef?
MOE!
Aren't these neat? I got them at a yard sale. They were made by Stan Shapes. They were sculpted out of Mt. St. Helen's ash. As I took this picture, I wondered if they are radioactive. I made a mental note to google it, but I haven't because I don't really want to know! I like them.
The babies are getting bigger and louder!
Mimi can cut with scissors. When did she learn how to do this? I have no idea.
Moe is no longer a baby. He is a big kid now.
Monsters for Moe's room. He likes them.
