Gardening Again

Garden Successes and Failures!

Gfinally has some corn growing, from pantry popping kernels. Now the squirrels area attacking the sprouts.
The empty garden bed is a bed of old seed...
New carrot Seeds will save us yet... I really want Carrots.

Mother Day and Such

A sweet rose from my family.

Cora's first hair cut, ie a trim.... about a half inch off the very back.
"Mom I want to paint my toe nails blue, I like blue."

This moment in Time

Mothers Day with a dash of Hand, Foot and Mouth Disease.

Oh here are some of the Easter festivities. Firstly we took part in the Rivers Reach neighborhood Easter Egg hunt, rainy day but the kids had a marvelous time.


Our baskets at home Easter morning and ...

Cora loved her special gift of a tea set from Yo Yo ...
While Grady adored, and still does his special request Space Shuttle Legos.

Installing our Garden..

Pirate Apple Dolls, introducing "Rattle" and "Pieya"





And then of course a little time spent at the Pirate Park on Daniel Island
A Little UNBirthday Gift for Mark, with homemade dinosaur wrapping paper.
Cora and the Front Gardens, Pretty in Pink


Wearing baby doll "Lucy" for the first time.
A noddle art project with our good friends. Well beans, noodles, pistachio shells and lots of glue.

Maryland Trip

Visiting around MD

Visiting the National Zoo, many animals were out and about.
Cheetah, Lion, Orangutan, Flamingo, Bear, Panda, Elephant, Prairie Dog and more.

Winchester and Fort Collier

Spring Winds...

We have been taking it easy, but working on Some words, and how to sound them out. We've had some friends over again and that felt good. It had been a while since the illnesses of February ran away with our lives.
Grady is in love with his Legos (TM) and is really getting into making his own things from them. He has also memorized the Star Wars story from Movie 4-6, the Luke Skywalker story.
Paige, Spencer and Gordon on a recent visit.

We are attempting Apple Dolls, hoping to make a couple of Pirates out of these bad boys.
Cora had a blast one quiet morning playing "fill and Dumo" at the kitchen sink. These are the mornings I remember my Grandmother the most.