Summer Fun with Cousins!

Our neighbor has a pie cherry tree in his backyard.  The kids worked together to pick enough for a pie--one.by.one!

 

Here is Farmer Amy (or Auntie Namie as she is known around our house)

Josie taking her one cherry to put in the bucket!

Or maybe she is just going to eat it!

Josie and Lilly trying out the new pool.  The best part is that you get to put on your swimming suit!

They had some fun, but not a whole lot more than it looks lie here! I think with a few more tries they will like it better!

Garden Recovery

Two weeks ago we had a terrible hail storm that I was sure had ended our gardening season.

Josie and I gave in and went to HD to pick up some plants that were not riddled with holes.  Here Josie is rearranging them in the tray on our front porch.

I really thought the brocolli was not going to make it, but a few seem to be hanging on.

In the back of this picture, the once-shredded spinach making a comeback, along with carrots on the right and some lettuces.

A pretty badly beaten tomato--still putting on new leaves--despite its stem being almost completely severed only an inch from the ground.  Perhaps I will ad a bit more dirt around the bottome to stabilize it.

There were three tomatoes together in this ring and they seem to have protected one another a bit.  Yes, also this section needs a bit of weeding--it has been 100 degrees for three days so we haven't spent much time in the sunny part of the garden.  I did recently discover, however, that this weed, called purslane is edible and apparently very good for you...
Also note the volunteer carrots.  They went to seed two years ago and now are everywhere--I'm looking foward to finding out how they taste!

Some very beat up cucumbers, also seeming to be making a comeback!

Our little backdoor garden, planted by Lilly and Josie, includes carrots, lettuce, peas and cilantro.  One brocolli plant seems to be making it as well!

Helping Mama in the Garden :: March

Josie and I get up every morning and check in on our garden.  Here you can see the little peas popping up in the middle of the first bed.  Not sure what Josie was saying.

But I said, "Josie, lets go water the grass in the front yard," and then walked inside and waited for her to follow me THROUGH the house until...

"Mama!! Move," said Josie, referring to moving the sprinkler in the front yard!  She had walked all the way AROUND the house to the front yard by herself!

Josie goes to the Children's Museum

We don't do this too often, because she tends to get sick afterward.  We arrived just as the doors opened and so we got to spend a little more time in the big kids' part of the museum.  She enjoyed the buttons on the fire truck (not to mention the dress-ups)

She clearly knows a lot about shopping--load up your cart,

put things on the counter one at a time!  She also enjoyed pushing the buttons on the card reader here.

Glad I caught a shot of the painting as we forgot to bring it home with us.

We also enjoy the playground at the CM, here placing sand on a big rock.

And climbing onto a car all by herself!

Josie's Second Easter!

Last year, Betty had just come off of a 12 hour night shift, we are so grateful that neither 12 hour nor night shifts are part of our everyday routine now!

 

 

 

 

A little house--by Josie

 

Its more fun to play at home anyway!

 

 

 

A quick trip to Cherry Creek Resevoir :: February

It turned out to be windy and Josie did not feel like walking in the wind...

 

And Betty did not feel like letting her get wet, so we had to make a quick trip of it!

 

 

 

February 26th :: Bowling!

 Even though she was so little back in February, she was able to push the ball down the ramp and quite enjoyed it!  Overall, we haven't been back because the whole experience turned out to be way too noisy for various members of the family!