Planting Seeds

Wow - two posts in one day - maybe I'll get caught up.

Yesterday Joshua & I planted some seeds in some of our pots outside. Yes, we probably should have done this several weeks ago, but with birthday & Brian's ongoing stomach problems, I just haven't gotten around to it. Finally, Monday night as he was getting ready for bed I told him that we'd plant some of the seeds before or after Storytime the next day...well, Tuesday the wind was awful...which, of course, made my allergies kick in horribly. So we postponed the activity until Wednesday. Well, it was still windy on Wednesday, so we had to wait yet another day. Finally yesterday was the day! I plopped Nathaniel down in his stroller & put his cap on and parked him in the shade under the tree with some toys - he was content watching us the whole time.
I drug a bag of potting soil out of the garage to add to what was in the pots. We planted some zucchini seeds, some roma tomato seeds, some snapdragon seeds and some asters. Some we should've started in the house several months ago, but we didn't so we'll see what we get! I also replanted a few of my iris in one of the flower beds. We'll see what they do. It's way too late for this year, but hopefully they'll reroot and we'll have them for next spring. Joshua loved it, but was ready to go in when we finished. I thought we'd only been out for a little while and figured it was around 12 or so and time for lunch...well, it was time for lunch - it was almost 1 o'clock! Now we just have to remember to water them and see what happens! Especially when we go to Arizona for a week in June.

Other exciting news...Nathaniel is starting to walk. On May 6th he took his first few solo steps, then got so excited that he just bounced and couldn't do it again. He's getting braver and braver and trying a little more each day on his own. When he walks to someone, he gets so excited about it that he throws himself at his target person and buries his head in their lap and laughs. It's such fun having him in our lives and home.

My Silly Boys

Today I dressed the boys in matching shirts that Grandma Lorrayne gave them at Easter time. Quickly, before we headed to Storytime at the library, I had them sit down in front of the tree in the front yard. The lawn really needs to be mowed, but between being gone for Easter weekend and then last Saturday having pouring rain for a good part of the day, it's a little long. (I decided to pretend that they're sitting in a meadow...that always makes for a good picture...if it wasn't for the ADT sign, flower pots, side of the house and garden hose in the far background) It's nearly impossible to get both boys looking at the camera and smiling (a real smile in Joshua's case) at the same time. I think I'd have a better chance at winning the lottery (if I played it) than I do of getting them both to look at me, smile and hold it for three seconds while I take a picture, especially at these ages. I did get one pretty decent picture of both of them looking and smiling...except it's one of Joshua's forced smiles and he isn't really looking at the camera, he's looking out of the corner of his eye toward the street. But Nathaniel looks cute. >This second picture is my favorite of them...Joshua is tickling Nathaniel's foot with a tall piece of grass (okay, it's probably really a weed) and you can tell they are both laughing. The expression on Nathaniel's face is just priceless.

I was going to try again later, but the lighting was wrong later on and people were grumpy (all 3 of us), so these will have to do it for now.