Arts and Crafts

The girls love doing crafts, and we are trying to be better at letting them do them. Sponge painting was fun, especially when Elizabeth painted Daddy's arm. Beading was much more successful then I thought. They both were able to do it. Elizabeth is a big perfectionist. She won't do it if she isn't good at it. After a while she gave up and wanted Mommy to do hers.

Garden

We decided a little late in the season to start our first garden, but it is looking good so far. We have cherry tomato, regular tomato, cucumber, red pepper, green pepper, banana pepper, jalapeno (I think), basil, and cilantro plants. It looks great and is already getting big. I haven't been to successful with the plants I have done in the past, but this seems to be more of Tim's baby so I bet it will turn out just great.

Leaping Lizards!

Well maybe the lizards don't leap, but man oh man do we have lizards and frogs EVERYWHERE! I know that we would have new "nature" here, but no one told me the quantity of these things. They are all over the yard and climbing all over the house. The girls love to run around with our next door neighbor Hailey and catch them. She is a big nature freak and is rubbing off on the girls, especially Emily. We cleaned off some plastic chairs we had outside the other day and each time I picked up a chair, there were more frogs living on it. One or two after the first chair, then four, then seven....you get the drift....lots of frogs. Now I don't mind the lizards and frogs so much, but we have had a few snakes, them I mind a lot. Oh well, trying not to put my fears on the girls. I think I have been successful so far.