Sharing

Ethne & Gwen are constantly in competition. Ethne is sounding more and more like Erik did when he was little. Ethne wants to be as big as her sister and grow up faster. Everyone was riding bikes and I look over and Gwen was being very sweet. She let Ethne ride her big bike and helped guide her around a few laps. Awww... those are the moments that rock.

Peas & Carrots

Ethne's Rose of the Week

Peachy Keen!

Garden

Well the garden is... growing... lol. Strawberries are really starting to take off... we got to eat about 5 of them this morning and I have never tasted such good strawberries. Home grown is definitely the way to go! I may need to build a better garden though, dogs keep getting in and eating the strawberries. Tomatoes are sad looking, so no picture. Maybe next time.

Yum-o Strawberries!

Summer squash - still a ways to go!

Garden & Roses

We are making progress on our garden! It's about time! Goodness... We now have strawberries and the tomato plants have little itty-bitty green tomatoes. There were three strawberries that could be picked, one for each kid right? Well, apparently Penny Lane had other ideas... She is a sneaky lil' gal... she ran in and nabbed two of them before we could pick them. So, while the girls watered the roses, Tristan got the remaining strawberry - cuz he's my little stud.

The remaining Strawberry.

Itty-Bitty Tomatoes!

Watering away... The roses are blooming so big!

Ethne's favorite for the day.

Afterwards, the kids got their journals out and wrote about our day. Luckily this journal thing is working... Gives me some nice quite time!

Gwen's choice spot.

Tristan finished first, but realized everyone was still working. So, he wrote some more.

Ethne - always ready to go to school. Backpack as usual.

Ethne's Roses

Yesterday morning, Ethne went out to check her rose bushes and was ecstatic to find that one of them finally bloomed! She has been waiting and waiting - every morning checking the progress of each bush and has been watering them daily. This morning, probably due to our current heat wave, 2 other rose bushes have bloomed as well. Ethne couldn't be happier!

1st bloom - beautiful big yellow roses!