The carrot

Here's my carrot...it's holding on. I can see that the root is getting thicker and is white right now. I can't wait to eat it! What you can't see is that there are bunny tracks behind it (I think). Thankfully nothing was eaten, so either Maggie was outside and ran it off, doubtful, or I have not idea what made those two oval impressions in my bed, highly likely. I'll continue to think of them as bunny tracks and he didn't eat because it wasn't ready yet. Ü

Weed or Not a Weed? That is the question...

I don't really know what this is...I didn't plant it this year, but we did put some herb seeds there last year, so I'm letting it grow to see if it's actually a plant or a weed...any guesses?

The Pumpkin Plant

It's amazing how the mini-pumpkin plants have grown! If you look close at the 2nd picture, you can see what's left of the first pumpkin flower. I should have taken a picture of this morning when it was open and pretty. Oh well, I trust your imagination...here's a hint, it looks like a squash flower!

Bill Cosby, Scouts & Jello Brand Jello

Do you remember the Bill Cosby sketch where his wife makes him get up and make breakfast, so he feeds his kids Choc. Cake, his wife has a kanipshin, sends him to bed and he says the classic line..."where I wanted to be in the first place." I've decided boys start training for this attitude (manipulation??) early. I had the Webelo scouts over today to help making roller boxes out of Jello Boxes for our next Quarterly Activity. They cut the dowels pretty well (Sam was there to instruct and supervise most of that). Then we were drawing squares with rulers so I'd know where to cut the holes on the front and back. They just didn't get the concept! It was really comical, but now that they've gone and I'm redrawing the squares, I've had a thought...Did they just pull a Bill Cosby on me??? Anyway, I learned a lot about Clone Wars and Kongregate games while they were here, and I didn't have to cut the dowels (which is good, b/c as crafty as I am, I can't use a miter box. I cut the plastic instead of the wood!) Thanks Webelo's for your help and the education!

Scouts

You should be so lucky to be in cub scouts! One of my new church responsibilities is to oversee cub scouts. Man has that been a brain overload! It is totally different than Activity Day girls!! However, if you ever get the chance to work with the boys it's totally fun! I had to take a picture of this marshmallow catapult that Sam built with the Webelos! Come on, where else do you get to shoot marshmallows! The Pinewood Derby is next week, I'll be sure to take pictures of all the cute things we do then!

A big mixed catch up post

Ok so here's what I've been up to these last few months. We'll start out with what I've been doing this Spring. Here is my flower garden. It started the spring as an empty spot of dirt. With the help of my very good friend and resident flower expert, Mandy, I planted a bunch of bulbs and a few Clemson colored annuals. Go Tigers! Here is the first tulip to bloom! I was so excited!!

Here is my hanging flower pot. I love how pretty and pink it is. The butterfly used to be on the top of a bird feeder, but a stupid squirrel knocked it off last fall trying to steal the food.

This is the beginning of my veggie garden. I have 2 kinds of lettuce already in and will be planning the rest shortly. This year I'm trying my hand a peas, greenbeans, mini-pumpkins and I had 1 carrot come up.

Ok, so here's my birthday pictures. Unfortunately we didn't take any pictures from Sam's birthday, so you only get mine. Are you shocked at how pink it is?? I had a small group of friends come over, and we rocked out to the Beatles' Rock Band!

Coming Soon...

Ok, so I realized the other day that since I disbanded craft group (ok, so people stopped coming) I haven't really made anything. Never fear! With my new toys (serger and cricut YEA!) there are some projects rolling around in my head. Stay tuned as new stuff is on the way!!