winter harvest

While I'm not usually in the mood to go all the way back to February and talk about what we were doing then, you might find that I do in the next few posts. You see, we took a trip out to the coast for a few days, it was amazingly sunny and somewhat warm, so we took a lot of video with our camcorder and pictures with our camera. Unfortunately, after that trip, both the camera and camcorder quit working, both with lens errors. It seems they don't enjoy the sand and beach as much as we did. So, for awhile we weren't able to download or even take any photos. Now that the camera has been repaired it's been fun getting back to those photos we took a few months ago.

Here is a photo of our winter harvest...Last fall we built garden beds and planted onions, garlic, lettuce and carrots to grow over winter. In February the lettuce was ready for harvest and the onions were needing to be thinned, so we had a few small salads made from our very own lettuce and 'scallions'. I will for sure do a winter garden again. It was pretty foolproof and I really liked that I never had to water it..just a few sprays to keep it moist at the beginning and then it did all the rest by itself. I probably could have covered it when it snowed, but with the hardy crop I had it didn't seem to bother it that it wasn't covered...my kind of gardening!

Brotherly Love

Tyson has enjoyed playing board games for awhile, and now Kaiya is starting to join in the fun. She really enjoys flipping the cards and will move her piece around the board for a bit, but usually loses interest half way through the game. With some games we just have her flip the cards for each of us, and that way she stays engaged but not destructive. On one of these occasions we were playing Candyland and Kaiya was trying to take over the card stack. I told her that she could be my helper and flip my cards for me. Tyson was on the verge of being frustrated with her, but then suddenly his demeanor changed and he said, "Kaiya, will you flip my cards for me?" (this isn't the first time he's done that)

Me: "Kaiya, you have the best brother. He wants to have you help him!"

Tyson quickly responded with, "But Mama, I have the best sister!"

It's true..he does..and sometimes I forget to emphasize that. But thankfully, he's quick to remember and hopefully these two will continue to grow as good friends!

Distracted..

It sure has been a busy couple of months. We have each been sick with varying degrees of illness, ranging from colds to strep and ear infections with a good dose of pink eye all around!

Tyson enjoys preschool, he is learning well and enjoying his class of friends. I do notice though, if we see someone outside of classtime he is still a little shy, but we've noticed him opening up and being more social with other kids his age in different settings.

Kaiya is growing and changing so quickly right now. She is mastering new skills nearly everyday...it sure helps having a big brother to teach her! Her newest interest is the potty. She has gone a couple of times on it, but still hasn't gotten the timing quite right. We didn't initiate it, but when she talks about going 'peep' or 'boop' she'll sometimes ask to go sit on the potty. She usually does go sit, then goes in her diaper and tells us she's done. She's earned a couple of stickers and she's really proud of them!

And to brag on Jason for a minute..he just ran his first half marathon! He planned it, trained for it and completed it, meeting his goals in pace and overall time! It was pretty cool to see him go for it and finish it! He says that was the only one he wants to do, that he's not going to become a marathon runner or anything..we'll see...

Now that we are getting healthier..relatively...the kids have a cold and Tenisha has 'swimmer's ear' in both ears..we'll try to keep up on the blog again. The next few may not have pictures as both our camera and camcorder are currently inoperable. Go figure...

Hope you are all healthy and enjoying the beginning of spring..summer isn't far off...