Monthly Archives: April 2011

Thankfulness #172-192

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I am thankful for:
172. silly faces

173. the smell of freshly cut grass! (Oh how I missed cutting grass)
174. a hubby that was able to fix both lawnmowers in one day.
175. the birth of Logan Barnes.
176. matchbox trucks and toothbrushes. (Judd was waiting to brush his teeth).

177. siblings playing so well together on a warmer day.

178. high heel dress-up and purses. They are never far from this little girls hands.

179. sweet smiles! Who can get tired of these? When do we stop smiling so much? When does life change?

180. my first tomato sandwich of the season….tomatoes, miracle whip and a whole lotta salt!!!yum!
181. ur first Awana Grand Prix. Go #6!

182. Sadie sleeping until 4 a.m. and then until 7:30 a.m.
183. Sweet I love you Cards from Judd.
183. Seeing my boys curl up with their Daddy to watch the NCAA Championship.
184. Pick and Draw, a new game for the boys.

185. marvelous grace!
186. grace greater than all my sin!
187. a fun game of Twenty Questions while finishing dinner tonight. Really, who would have guessed the Sun?
188. seeing Sadie sit all by herself for the first time today.
189. getting to be a stay at home mommy!
190. getting to homeschool Jake.
191. the obedience lessons that we are learning about this week.
192. MY life! I am beyond blessed!

How Does Your Garden Grow?

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I took a photo today for the Homeschool Village Garden Challenge. 
This is where our garden will grow! 
Plans:

This is our first year gardening. We are so excited to see how well we will do this year. We have built and are planning to use four raised beds. We are planting vegetables and flowers in three of them while using the other for compost.

We have already started planting carrots and strawberries. We are going to finish planting the rest of the vegetables and flowers this week.


What will we grow?
We are going to focus on just a few things that:

  1. we enjoy eating as a family. 
  2. that are “supposedly” easy to grow.
Here is our list:
  1. carrots
  2. bell peppers
  3. strawberries
  4. watermelon
  5. corn
  6. cucumbers
  7. squash
We are also planting sunflowers. 

Resources:

I have already printed  Gardening Preschool Pack and I must confess that I’m looking forward to the 15 page BONUS for joining the Gardening Challenge!

Involving the kids:
This entire garden has been Jake’s idea. He began asking to plant a garden last summer. Since it was so late in the season we told him that we would plant one this year. His birthday is at the end of February and he received Home Depot gift cards. This is when we built the raised beds, bought the soil and seeds. Jake will work right along side Jim and me in preparing the garden. We will read The Carrot Seed and The Tale of Peter Rabbit to go along with the Gardening Preschool Pack. We cannot wait to see this garden grow!