Ride home

A couple of quick shots while taking a break on our drive back home after the holiday weekend.

First camp of the season

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Garden

Cherry, Roma, and BeefSteak Tomato plants, Califlower, Lettuce, Leeks, Shallots, Poblano pepper, Anaheim pepper, Carrot, Rainbow Swiss Chard and Zucchini.

Hope they all work out! Have confidence in the tomatoes, lettuce and chard. The root plants I'm not so sure of, so we'll see. Not sure how the soil will treat those or if my bed drains well enough.

Dinos and the Mosquito-Beetle

Henry said his favorite of the day was the mosquito-beetle. I think he made that up, I don't remember seeing one today. Miles for sure liked the dinosaurs, as he can ROAR like one and that is just the cutest thing and we could listen to him all day. Both kids did great, Henry didn't want to leave combing over the map making sure we saw EVERYTHING. Great day for all and our brains sure got a workout answering Henry's MANY questions. Thank goodness for those little documentary movies in the museum that are basically written for 5 year olds as I was able to refresh my memory of history and Henry got some slightly better answers than we can give him about dinosaur extinction. ;)

Graduation Day

Mother's Day

After some nudging from my mother-in-law, I've retitled this post and going to give some details of what is probably one of best Mother's Days of all time. 2 boys, some bikes, a beautiful spring day, and a playground we've never visited all created some great memories. Kids were all smiles, one even slept in my bike seat. Henry couldn't get enough of 2 wheel riding and even ventured onto some single track for the first time ever. Best quote of the day from Henry, "This is a wonderful day!". There were witnesses to this statement, so I'm not making it up. I know not all Mother's days will be like this one, I know they will roll their eyes at the mere mention of family time. I know I won't get another perennial plant as a gift with the exclamation, "Happy Mother's day! This is the kind of plant that will bloom every weekend!" But I'll take what I got this year, some boys who really dug their mom, their bikes, and a playground.

Ridin'

In case you were wondering what Henry does every day now...well he's still on the bike.

Playing Nice

Boys are really beginning to interact with each other nicely. Its mostly Henry calling the shots and Miles following along. Here outside they were playing with some garden stones and filling up their trucks. Its nice to sit back and just watch, though Henry still calls out "Mom come play with me!"

In other news Henry is full of questions where things come from. Yesterdays thoughts included:

"Where do dinosaurs come from?" (Looks like a trip to The Field Museum is now on my list)

"How do they make tvs?" (Uh its from a factory and made of plastic, glass, electronics, and lights)

"How do they make crayons?"

"Where do people come from?"

First of all, I want to know who the THEY is? Where is their book of answers when we need it?

And second, I got some cob webs to clear out of this 34 year old brain of mine if I'm going to be answering questions about crayon and television production (all before 8am). I should just start checking out those silly "Dummy books". "TVs for Dummies", "Crayons for Dummies". Of course I'd never let the 4 year old catch me reading those. Cause this mama is smart and that's how I insist he think of me :)

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