It's a Garden Out There!

My black thumb isn't so black after all. Back in May M and I threw a couple of seeds into a planter box. Less than three months later, that up there is what it looks like. So far the lettuce is the only thing we've been able to harvest, and we have lettuce to give away! It's been fun stepping outside our door empty handed and coming back with what's for dinner.

I put the picture below up on Instagram with the caption of "Is that a cucumber, or are you just happy to see me?"

Upon further review, it's not a cucumber. It's squash. Whether or not it's happy to see me is a rhetorical question, but I'm certainly happy to see it! I'll be even more happy if we get some tomatoes.

D had to trim it down yesterday because it's getting unruly. There are all kinds of life forms being one with nature on that little plot. And, frankly, it grosses me out some.

It truly is a jungle garden out there!

Just Sayin'

When our house was being built I asked about air conditioning.

They told me I wouldn't need it.

They lied.

I'm not complaining. I'm just sayin'. 

Summa.....So Far

I've taken some pictures since school got out almost six weeks ago:

BOO for summer being almost over!

Mini Camp: Then and Now

Back in the summer of 2009 my neighbor and I signed up our boys for a couple of mini camps at the Olympia Center. It got them out of the house for a few hours; they enjoyed them; and they were cheap.

Here they are leaving after a fun-filled couple of hours.

Fast forward to 2012 and the street above is now a beautiful walkway lined with sculptures by local artists that leads to the boardwalk.

2012 hosts a different set of friends attending the same camps; each the little sister of the male version.

I feel so lucky that the paths of our two families have crossed and that our kids have found in each other somebody they can call "Friend."

Perfect

Back in September, J declared that THIS would be the year he had perfect attendance. Without even trying, he almost got it in Kindergarten. It was a couple of weeks before the end of the year when I realized that he hadn't missed a day. As luck would have it, the week before school got out he came down with a bug of some sort and had to stay home. Even before first  grade started we planned a Thanksgiving trip to Sacramento, so it wasn't gonna happen then. But come second grade it was on.

They may have traveled to outer space, visited planets, black holes, and nebulae, but he was always back in time for the 9am bell.

At noon on June 21, after years of trying, he was triumphant!

 With the coveted Perfect Attendance award in hand, we can now tend to the business of Summer.

Perfect!