Our Week in Review

This week we were able to get the garden planted (we meaning Mark and the kids). Mark and the kids prepped the garden area: weeded, rototilled, and made furrows. We planted: corn, pole beans, tomatoes (big boys and cherry tomatoes), potatoes, peas, green peppers, and watermelon. It's our most diverse garden to date. We're looking forward to watching it grow and harvesting. Jeffrey has plans to make a pea salad for the family. Our only problem is trying to keep all of the neighborhood cats away at night so they don't step on the seedlings. Any suggestions?

Jeffrey lost his second tooth. It was dangling by a thread one evening and Mark decided it was time for it to be out. He and Jeffrey went into the kitchen and Jeffrey came back with his tooth in his hand! Aren't dads great!! His new tooth started coming in the next day.

Brooklynn and I had some "girl time." We went to the store to choose an outfit for the baby to wear home from the hospital. We went through every rack of clothing and held on to our favorites. We finally narrowed our selection down to three. Then of course, Brooklynn had the final say in the outfit- a little winnie the pooh layette with a white background and pink little flowers all over. On the way home she took it off of the hanger and held it. She wanted to know how she was going to get it on the baby's head and hands at the same time. She is sooo excited to be a big sister and wants to make sure everything is thought of and just right! I'm thinking she is going to want to take over the mothering!

The rest of the week we did our routine: homeschool, park days, art lessons, and play dates with friends. We went on a walk through the neighborhood and the kids learned about our state flower, it's name, and which neighbors have it in their yards. We enjoyed listening to conference and spending time with family.