As the time approaches for our new baby to be born, I often wonder if the kids really get it.
Yesterday when I was buckling Jonny into the car, he pointed to the tummy baby's (empty) carseat and said "baby resting in there."
I asked him "Do you think a baby will come to our family and ride in there soon?"
He pointed to my tummy and said "How 'bout that one?"
So I guess Jonny gets it.
Friday, August 31, 2007
Wednesday, August 15, 2007
Red Alert!
After taking a week to catch up from vacation, we are currentlt preparing the house for the arrival of new baby. He is due next month.
We decided that it would be best to divide the children into 2 bedrooms, instead of cramming all 4 of them in 1 room, using the other as a play room. Jimmy and Jonathan will share one room. Amelia and the new baby will share the other. Since one room will be boy and girl, I decided they should have the green room, and the boys would choose a new color for their room.
Jimmy got pretty creative with the paint simulator machine. He wanted red and green with white polka dots. He wanted it to look like Christmas, with snow balls. He liked it with 2 walls painted one color and 2 walls and the ceiling a different color. Jonathan chose orange with blue. He likes orange a lot.
After sitting on their suggestions for a few weeks, I asked them again about color. They chose red. Not just red, but RED ALERT red. In the brand we bought it goes by "flaming sword." It is not a subtle color. But Gary and I love our kids and want them to be happy, so we bought a couple gallons of flaming sword paint and supplies. We put the kids to bed and got to work. We painted until 1 in the morning. When we woke up, we saw that the paint had not covered very evenly. While Gary was at meetings, I hurriedly applied the remaining paint to one and a half walls. 2 coats looked a little better. The next day, I hauled the kids back to Home Depot for more paint. I told the clerk what I wanted and he tried to talk me out of it. Are you sure? He kept asking. He told me how hard red it to work with (Some people have to go up to 4 coats!) I told him I was in the middle of a project and would he please sell me the paint.
So the kids watched The Muppet Movie while I added more flaming sword to the boys room. I finished with the second coat and started on the third. I ran out of paint again. I left the paint to dry and called it quits for a few hours. We then journeyed back to Home Depot where again they tried to talk me out of the paint, I persisted and we returned home, not without incident. Amelia's a little jealous of the attention being paid to the boys room. (Once it's done, I'm going to make her a little pink canopy or curtains for her bed.)
So after dinner and family home evening, Gary and I applied the third and final coat of paint. It looks good. We left the ceiling, baseboards, and closet door white. We waited a couple a while and then started to peel off the tape. There were so many coats of paint dried onto it that it peeled paint off the walls when it came off. So now, the boys have a red room that needs lots of touch up work.
I decided that if we were going to have a room in our house the color of a flaming sword, it would be the best flaming sword colored room you ever saw. It's not quite there yet, but if you ignore the edges, it looks good. Once we touch up the walls where the bed goes, we'll put up the bunk bed and get the boys moved in. We may even get around to posting a picture of it, but don't hold your breath. I always intend to post pictures but it never happens!
We decided that it would be best to divide the children into 2 bedrooms, instead of cramming all 4 of them in 1 room, using the other as a play room. Jimmy and Jonathan will share one room. Amelia and the new baby will share the other. Since one room will be boy and girl, I decided they should have the green room, and the boys would choose a new color for their room.
Jimmy got pretty creative with the paint simulator machine. He wanted red and green with white polka dots. He wanted it to look like Christmas, with snow balls. He liked it with 2 walls painted one color and 2 walls and the ceiling a different color. Jonathan chose orange with blue. He likes orange a lot.
After sitting on their suggestions for a few weeks, I asked them again about color. They chose red. Not just red, but RED ALERT red. In the brand we bought it goes by "flaming sword." It is not a subtle color. But Gary and I love our kids and want them to be happy, so we bought a couple gallons of flaming sword paint and supplies. We put the kids to bed and got to work. We painted until 1 in the morning. When we woke up, we saw that the paint had not covered very evenly. While Gary was at meetings, I hurriedly applied the remaining paint to one and a half walls. 2 coats looked a little better. The next day, I hauled the kids back to Home Depot for more paint. I told the clerk what I wanted and he tried to talk me out of it. Are you sure? He kept asking. He told me how hard red it to work with (Some people have to go up to 4 coats!) I told him I was in the middle of a project and would he please sell me the paint.
So the kids watched The Muppet Movie while I added more flaming sword to the boys room. I finished with the second coat and started on the third. I ran out of paint again. I left the paint to dry and called it quits for a few hours. We then journeyed back to Home Depot where again they tried to talk me out of the paint, I persisted and we returned home, not without incident. Amelia's a little jealous of the attention being paid to the boys room. (Once it's done, I'm going to make her a little pink canopy or curtains for her bed.)
So after dinner and family home evening, Gary and I applied the third and final coat of paint. It looks good. We left the ceiling, baseboards, and closet door white. We waited a couple a while and then started to peel off the tape. There were so many coats of paint dried onto it that it peeled paint off the walls when it came off. So now, the boys have a red room that needs lots of touch up work.
I decided that if we were going to have a room in our house the color of a flaming sword, it would be the best flaming sword colored room you ever saw. It's not quite there yet, but if you ignore the edges, it looks good. Once we touch up the walls where the bed goes, we'll put up the bunk bed and get the boys moved in. We may even get around to posting a picture of it, but don't hold your breath. I always intend to post pictures but it never happens!
Our Vacation: Jimmy's Version
Test Track. I really liked Test Track because it is so fast adn fun adn cool int he ice chamber. The heat chamber, especially the barrier test and what else I liked about it: our cars go so fast.
Splash Mountain it was scary adn I also really liked it when we took a wrong turn. Instead of going to save Br'er Rabbit we ended up at Fox's house and then we went down a few tiny hills. Then we went down a giant big hill with a big splash! I thought Splash Mountain was taller at Disney World, but it was taller at Disneyland.
I really like Soarin' because of the golf ball, the orange smells, and it feels like you are flying. It's fantastic!
(at the beach) Me and one of my friends went wave fighting and body surfing. When my friend told me there were baby sharks out there, I was scared.
Muppets 3D is so funny. I wish Fozzie Bear said "Woka Woka Woka!"
Splash Mountain it was scary adn I also really liked it when we took a wrong turn. Instead of going to save Br'er Rabbit we ended up at Fox's house and then we went down a few tiny hills. Then we went down a giant big hill with a big splash! I thought Splash Mountain was taller at Disney World, but it was taller at Disneyland.
I really like Soarin' because of the golf ball, the orange smells, and it feels like you are flying. It's fantastic!
(at the beach) Me and one of my friends went wave fighting and body surfing. When my friend told me there were baby sharks out there, I was scared.
Muppets 3D is so funny. I wish Fozzie Bear said "Woka Woka Woka!"
Our Vacation: Amelia's Version
I liked Winnie Pooh's Honey Pots because of his weird dream. There was giant things and also a jack in the box.
Soarin' because it feels like you are flying and the orange smell (she rode Soarin' 5 times!)
Snow White's Scary Adventure because of the evil trees, the apple and the crocodiles.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant because of the mouse and the color of the elephant was yellow.
Peter Pan's Flight because of everything and the boat. It was yellow too, just like the elephant. Me and Jimmy rode in the yellow boat.
I liked It's a Small World because of all the things. I saw lots of things and the flowers saying "good bye" to you. They said good bye in lots of different languages.
And I even liked Test Track because of everything.
I just loved Splash Mountain. I like Splash Mountain because of everything.
Tower of Terror. I went up and down and when I went up to the windows my hair went up because of all the wind and I felt like I would bounce out of my seat. I was holding Dad's hand and that stopped me from bouncing out. (Gary said she DID bounce out of her seat, about an inch, before the safety belt caught her!)
In the Muppets 3D we watched at Disney World, there was a remote control pie!
Soarin' because it feels like you are flying and the orange smell (she rode Soarin' 5 times!)
Snow White's Scary Adventure because of the evil trees, the apple and the crocodiles.
Dumbo the Flying Elephant because of the mouse and the color of the elephant was yellow.
Peter Pan's Flight because of everything and the boat. It was yellow too, just like the elephant. Me and Jimmy rode in the yellow boat.
I liked It's a Small World because of all the things. I saw lots of things and the flowers saying "good bye" to you. They said good bye in lots of different languages.
And I even liked Test Track because of everything.
I just loved Splash Mountain. I like Splash Mountain because of everything.
Tower of Terror. I went up and down and when I went up to the windows my hair went up because of all the wind and I felt like I would bounce out of my seat. I was holding Dad's hand and that stopped me from bouncing out. (Gary said she DID bounce out of her seat, about an inch, before the safety belt caught her!)
In the Muppets 3D we watched at Disney World, there was a remote control pie!
Sunday, August 12, 2007
Our Vacation: Jonathan's Version
Water. Swimming pool. Get wet swimming.
Daisy, Minnie, Kudo (Pluto)
Cars! Love it! (about the Indy Speedway- think Autopia)
Darth Vader. Darth Vader favorite. (What does Darth Vader look like?) Kind of orange. We saw Darth Vader at Disney MGM.
Mickey Mouse movie favorite (Mickey's Philharmagic 3 D movie at Magic Kingdom)
Daisy, Minnie, Kudo (Pluto)
Cars! Love it! (about the Indy Speedway- think Autopia)
Darth Vader. Darth Vader favorite. (What does Darth Vader look like?) Kind of orange. We saw Darth Vader at Disney MGM.
Mickey Mouse movie favorite (Mickey's Philharmagic 3 D movie at Magic Kingdom)
Wednesday, July 25, 2007
Upcoming Trip
We'll leaving for Florida in a few hours.
According to Amelia:
The best part of going to Disney World is going on rides and pulling your suitcase.
According to Amelia:
The best part of going to Disney World is going on rides and pulling your suitcase.
Sunday, July 22, 2007
Our Harry Potter Party
We have really enjoyed the Harry Potter book series and eagerly awaited the mail delivery Saturday, for the new book. To celebrate, we threw our own little Harry Potter party. Each family member invented a magic trick to perform and made witch hat cookies.
Gary went first. His trick was to pick up a piece of ice with a piece of "string" using salt. It was very scientific. Unfortunately, all we had was yarn. This trick works well with string, but not yarn. He came up with an alternate and performed again at the end.
I went next. I made a top hat out of construction paper and pulled a scarf from the empty hat.
Jimmy did a trick with his pocket. First he had Amelia check his pocket. There was nothing in there. Then we all closed our eyes and counted to 3. When we opened our eyes, she checked again and there was a K'Nex block there!
Amelia brought lots of parts to the magic show- the directions for her Doodle Bear, a barrette, sunglasses, and a small crab towel. Then she said "Mom how do I do the trick?" I had no idea what she was talking about, but quickly came up with the "magic disappearing towel trick." We spread out the items and put the towel over them. Then we said a magic word. Then I lifted off the towel, carefully holding one of the items underneath to make it disappear. She was amazed! She tried to do the trick herself. She was pretty frustrated until I showed her how.
Gary helped Jonathan do a trick. Everyone closed their eyes and counted to 3. When we opened our eyes, Jonathan was gone and Gary shirt had suddenly become very large and lumpy! We all got a big laugh out of that one.
Gary finished it up with a truly amazing card trick. It fooled us all.
We got out the witch hat treats and turned on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the kids and the grown ups read the newest book together.
Gary went first. His trick was to pick up a piece of ice with a piece of "string" using salt. It was very scientific. Unfortunately, all we had was yarn. This trick works well with string, but not yarn. He came up with an alternate and performed again at the end.
I went next. I made a top hat out of construction paper and pulled a scarf from the empty hat.
Jimmy did a trick with his pocket. First he had Amelia check his pocket. There was nothing in there. Then we all closed our eyes and counted to 3. When we opened our eyes, she checked again and there was a K'Nex block there!
Amelia brought lots of parts to the magic show- the directions for her Doodle Bear, a barrette, sunglasses, and a small crab towel. Then she said "Mom how do I do the trick?" I had no idea what she was talking about, but quickly came up with the "magic disappearing towel trick." We spread out the items and put the towel over them. Then we said a magic word. Then I lifted off the towel, carefully holding one of the items underneath to make it disappear. She was amazed! She tried to do the trick herself. She was pretty frustrated until I showed her how.
Gary helped Jonathan do a trick. Everyone closed their eyes and counted to 3. When we opened our eyes, Jonathan was gone and Gary shirt had suddenly become very large and lumpy! We all got a big laugh out of that one.
Gary finished it up with a truly amazing card trick. It fooled us all.
We got out the witch hat treats and turned on Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone for the kids and the grown ups read the newest book together.
Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Jimmy's First Guess...
...at why we don't go to the "Owl Restaurant" (Hooters.)
I quote:
I was driving by and I saw someone coming out of the Owl Restaurant* and they had a drink called "Caffeine Drinkers" and they had TWO Caffeine Drinkers. Caffeine Drinkers comes in three flavors; chocolate, banana, and organic.
*We used to drive by Hooters (and their billboards) often when we lived in State College
I quote:
I was driving by and I saw someone coming out of the Owl Restaurant* and they had a drink called "Caffeine Drinkers" and they had TWO Caffeine Drinkers. Caffeine Drinkers comes in three flavors; chocolate, banana, and organic.
*We used to drive by Hooters (and their billboards) often when we lived in State College
Jonny's first prayer
It's probably been two weeks now since Jonathan said his first prayer. It was a dinner prayer and he said it all by himself. He said:
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you food. Please help Power Rangers. Jesus Christ Amen.
Dear Heavenly Father, Thank you food. Please help Power Rangers. Jesus Christ Amen.
Tuesday, July 03, 2007
Jimmy's bike riding skills
Jimmy is finally mastering his bike, without training wheels! He "only rides it downhill, on the grass so it doesn't hurt when I fall."
When he does rides on the pavement, he coasts, putting his feet down when he feels tippy. I don't think it'll be long before he gains confidence on the pavement as well. I am proud of him for being brave enough to take on the bike!
*You may ask Why not training wheels? They encouraged him to ride crooked and tip over more. That is why he called his bike "the un-tip-able Titanic." He always felt a sense of DOOM when attempting a ride.
When he does rides on the pavement, he coasts, putting his feet down when he feels tippy. I don't think it'll be long before he gains confidence on the pavement as well. I am proud of him for being brave enough to take on the bike!
*You may ask Why not training wheels? They encouraged him to ride crooked and tip over more. That is why he called his bike "the un-tip-able Titanic." He always felt a sense of DOOM when attempting a ride.
Amelia's Rock Band
Just so you know, Amelia is starting a rock band. It will have 7 girls in it. "Daddy will be the band leader (but only for practices.")
Amelia will play the guitar and little cousin Sara (as opposed to big Cousin Sarah, who is my age) will play the harp. I hope she has a harp!
Amelia will play the guitar and little cousin Sara (as opposed to big Cousin Sarah, who is my age) will play the harp. I hope she has a harp!
Jonathan's Happy Dance
So I tried to call my mom to wish her a happy birthday while I was cooking dinner. I absent mindedly left the ingredient cabinet open while I did worked on my pancakes. Jonathan came along and rummaged through and selected a full box of cocoa powder. I don't know what I was thinking, but I let him walk out of the kitchen with it.
As I came out of the kitchen, I saw Jonathan dump the entire box of cocoa powder on the dining room floor (carpet.) He did a happy dance on top of the powder. He looked just like Harpo Marx dancing in the lemonade. He was so full of joy at that moment!
Now our carpet looks about 30 years old. Whoever heard of carpeting a dining area ?! I'll have to haul out the carpet cleaner sooner than I anticipated!
As I came out of the kitchen, I saw Jonathan dump the entire box of cocoa powder on the dining room floor (carpet.) He did a happy dance on top of the powder. He looked just like Harpo Marx dancing in the lemonade. He was so full of joy at that moment!
Now our carpet looks about 30 years old. Whoever heard of carpeting a dining area ?! I'll have to haul out the carpet cleaner sooner than I anticipated!
Cool Link
Here is a link to a site that I frequent when looking for activities for the kids. I really like their print out work sheets- mazes, word searches, etc. They also have fun custom chore charts.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
http://www.dltk-kids.com/
Friday, June 29, 2007
What Should I Be?
At dinner a few nights ago, Amelia said "I don't know what I want to be when I grow up. There are too many things to choose from. I need your help."
So I asked her which things she was trying to choose from.
"Pirate, mom or cheerleader. But a good pirate, not a bad one."
So I asked her which things she was trying to choose from.
"Pirate, mom or cheerleader. But a good pirate, not a bad one."
Thursday, June 28, 2007
Bananas and Bandaids
The other day I was getting the kids ready for the pool and the big kids ran to hide because they don't like sunscreen. Not Jonathan. He came running for "nanas." The sunscreen in banana scented and he loves the smell. As I put the sunscreen on him, he said over and over "tickled, nanas!" meaning he felt like he was being tickled by bananas!
He tripped and scraped his knee yesterday (twice, so the scab was scraped off this time) and Gary put a bandaid over it. Jonny pointed to his knee "see bandaid" he told anyone who would listen. This morning, he has been going around, holding his pants leg up and telling everyone again "see bandaid!" I know this isn't his first bandaid, but he sure is proud of it anyway.
He tripped and scraped his knee yesterday (twice, so the scab was scraped off this time) and Gary put a bandaid over it. Jonny pointed to his knee "see bandaid" he told anyone who would listen. This morning, he has been going around, holding his pants leg up and telling everyone again "see bandaid!" I know this isn't his first bandaid, but he sure is proud of it anyway.
Wednesday, June 20, 2007
The Slumber Party
For the last two weeks, Jimmy had been trying to talk Jonathan into a sleep over in his bunk bed. At first, I resisted, using the "but it's a school night" excuse. But school's out now and once again, Jimmy invited Jonathan over for a slumber party. (they share a room already, the bunk bed and crib aren't that far apart) Jonathan agreed to try sleeping in the big kid bed. I put up a safety rail (thanks freecycle!) and tucked the kids in bed. If Jonathan is still in the bed by the time I've finished typing this, I'll be really surprised!
Tuesday, June 19, 2007
First Day of Summer Vacation
School vacation started today, technically. It was Jimmy's last day of school.
Upon arrival at home, he encouraged Jonathan and Amelia to act like they did when he was at school.
He kind of moped around a lot, but other than that it was a very normal day. Right before dinner, he said, truly concerned "Mom? Why are you so busy?"
The kids made some summer goals, as a family night activity. They want to go running in the morning and exercise like Rocky (Gary showed them the interesting parts of Rocky before he left on his trip.) And they want to learn karate.
Upon arrival at home, he encouraged Jonathan and Amelia to act like they did when he was at school.
He kind of moped around a lot, but other than that it was a very normal day. Right before dinner, he said, truly concerned "Mom? Why are you so busy?"
The kids made some summer goals, as a family night activity. They want to go running in the morning and exercise like Rocky (Gary showed them the interesting parts of Rocky before he left on his trip.) And they want to learn karate.
Saturday, June 16, 2007
Family Fishing at Frankin Park
Last weekend, Gary and I took the kids of a fun, family fishing day hosted by Loudoun County Parks. It was my very first fishing trip. It was the kids first day of fishing as well. I have always thought that I would enjoy fishing.
When we arrived at Franklin Park, there were representatives from the fish and game department. They had rows fishing poles just waiting for families like ours to show up. They had a cooler full of nightcrawlers in neat little plastic containers. We helped ourselves and chose a spot to begin our adventure.
As we walked around the lake, we were greeted by a man in a shirt that had sponsors all over it. He had his photographer take our pictures and gave us each a do- rag and an autographed card. It wasn't until later that I realized that he was the one on the autographed card. I guess I am not so observant.
When we got to our chosen location, we opened up our container of worms and looked at each other. "this is why I used Power Bait." Gary muttered. I did not think I would be squeamish about worms.
(I never was, until we lived in State College, the Wormiest City in the World. Every time it rains, the worms come out. Not cute little garden worms like I remember growing up. Foot- long, wriggling, slimy, gross- looking worms. They cover the pavement. Since it rains A LOT there are always worms on the sidewalks and especially in parking lots. I lived in fear that I would get a flat tire and have to lie down in the worms to change the tire.)
Back to fishing... Gary bravely reached into the container of nightcrawlers and ripped off a one inch piece of worm for each pole, (as we had been instructed) and showed us how to put it on the hook. Then we practiced casting. This is particularly hazardous with 6 year olds who think they know what they are doing.
We got the hang of casting and watched other kids walking by with their catch, taking it to the scales for the fishing contest. The our kids didn't like the idea of waiting for the fish to bite. The kept reeling in seaweed. And we kept breaking off one inch pieces of worms to reload the hooks. I didn't get brave enough to touch them with my hands. I threaded them on to the hook in the container and then used a rock to chop them off.
I wasn't so good at casting and once smashed the floating ball thing. Jimmy and I took the pole back to the area where we picked it up, to see what could be done. The man in charge said "Just put it over there." and pointed to a pile of rods with tangled line, smashed floating things and assorted other problems. We selected a new rod and returned to the rest of the family. When we got back, Amelia told us about a fish she had seen swimming in the water.
Gary got a bite on his hook. This was very exciting! It got away. I'm sure he could give you the dramatic details of that experience.
About this time, the Amelia's fish came back. It was brown and about 5 inches long. I watched it for a few minutes and realized it was sick or something. It would have been easy to catch it with a soda cup or even bear hands, but we were fishing. We were going to do it "right." We dangled hookes with worms in front of it. I think I even touched it with a worm. It just hovered there in the water, trying to ignore us, or maybe just trying to stay alive.
We decided to turn in our poles and head over to the free lunch. We enjoyed hot dogs/hamburgers, beans, and chips (between bathroom breaks, Thank you Gary for taking care of that) and then rushed home to clean up and head over to cousin Betsy's wedding reception. (We got there in time to say hello, watch them drive off in a "tastefully decorated" car, throw rice and help clean up. It was nice to see relatives, even briefly.)
When we arrived at Franklin Park, there were representatives from the fish and game department. They had rows fishing poles just waiting for families like ours to show up. They had a cooler full of nightcrawlers in neat little plastic containers. We helped ourselves and chose a spot to begin our adventure.
As we walked around the lake, we were greeted by a man in a shirt that had sponsors all over it. He had his photographer take our pictures and gave us each a do- rag and an autographed card. It wasn't until later that I realized that he was the one on the autographed card. I guess I am not so observant.
When we got to our chosen location, we opened up our container of worms and looked at each other. "this is why I used Power Bait." Gary muttered. I did not think I would be squeamish about worms.
(I never was, until we lived in State College, the Wormiest City in the World. Every time it rains, the worms come out. Not cute little garden worms like I remember growing up. Foot- long, wriggling, slimy, gross- looking worms. They cover the pavement. Since it rains A LOT there are always worms on the sidewalks and especially in parking lots. I lived in fear that I would get a flat tire and have to lie down in the worms to change the tire.)
Back to fishing... Gary bravely reached into the container of nightcrawlers and ripped off a one inch piece of worm for each pole, (as we had been instructed) and showed us how to put it on the hook. Then we practiced casting. This is particularly hazardous with 6 year olds who think they know what they are doing.
We got the hang of casting and watched other kids walking by with their catch, taking it to the scales for the fishing contest. The our kids didn't like the idea of waiting for the fish to bite. The kept reeling in seaweed. And we kept breaking off one inch pieces of worms to reload the hooks. I didn't get brave enough to touch them with my hands. I threaded them on to the hook in the container and then used a rock to chop them off.
I wasn't so good at casting and once smashed the floating ball thing. Jimmy and I took the pole back to the area where we picked it up, to see what could be done. The man in charge said "Just put it over there." and pointed to a pile of rods with tangled line, smashed floating things and assorted other problems. We selected a new rod and returned to the rest of the family. When we got back, Amelia told us about a fish she had seen swimming in the water.
Gary got a bite on his hook. This was very exciting! It got away. I'm sure he could give you the dramatic details of that experience.
About this time, the Amelia's fish came back. It was brown and about 5 inches long. I watched it for a few minutes and realized it was sick or something. It would have been easy to catch it with a soda cup or even bear hands, but we were fishing. We were going to do it "right." We dangled hookes with worms in front of it. I think I even touched it with a worm. It just hovered there in the water, trying to ignore us, or maybe just trying to stay alive.
We decided to turn in our poles and head over to the free lunch. We enjoyed hot dogs/hamburgers, beans, and chips (between bathroom breaks, Thank you Gary for taking care of that) and then rushed home to clean up and head over to cousin Betsy's wedding reception. (We got there in time to say hello, watch them drive off in a "tastefully decorated" car, throw rice and help clean up. It was nice to see relatives, even briefly.)
Tuesday, June 12, 2007
Beans! Yum Yum!
Yesterday, Jimmy and I noticed green beans growing on his bean plant that he sprouted from a seed. We picked 2 and threw them in with some beans I was planning to serve with dinner. Suddenly, everyone loved green beans!
Hopefully, the same magic will work when the zucchini and summer squash are ready for harvest. (the kids asked for those, although Jimmy likes zucchini for the zucchini bread and Amelia likes summer squash for its color)
Hopefully, the same magic will work when the zucchini and summer squash are ready for harvest. (the kids asked for those, although Jimmy likes zucchini for the zucchini bread and Amelia likes summer squash for its color)
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