Finding our dinner in the dirt.

Brad is the gardner around here. I love that we have a garden every year because my kids will actually eat the vegetables that we grow as opposed to the ones we get from the store. I'm almost tempted to buy a big bag of produce, throw the leafy greens in the garden during naps, and trick them into eating their veggies for dinner. But that would be sneaky and moms never do anything sneaky in an attempt to get their children to eat their fill from the food pyramid.

Last night we were checking out our latest crop when Brad decided to dig down into one of our planters. In went his hand and out came a potato! And then another. and another. and another. Until we filled this entire bowl full.

The best part of this story is that we didn't even plant these this year. These were all volunteers from last year's planting. So we'll be having our fill of potatoes over the next few days. If anyone gets a craving for some fries or hash browns, you know who to call.

Happy Mother's Day

Indeed it has been a happy mother's day. Mine actually began last night after I had given the kids a bath and headed upstairs to tuck them in. Jacob has learned to write both his name and Abby's, and he has this little drawing that he does which I absolutely love! It's supposed to be a person but always looks like Mike Wasowski from Monster's Inc. I adore it and Brad knew this so he had Jacob draw these little guys and Abby color and then he framed their masterpiece and hung it in our upstairs hall. I must say, out of all of my mother's day gifts so far, this is my favorite. Something I will cherish forever.

Happy Mother's Day to all the mommies out there! What a wonderful job we have, to raise up these amazing little people and get their love in return.

wordless wednesday

Dollar store fun

Every once in a while I like to take the kids to the dollar store to pick out a little something special. I think the main reason I do it is because it's so much fun to see just what they will choose. Jacob is almost always a sure bet for candy. Abby usually wants a doll.

On this day they both surprised me. Abby choose a ball and Jacob chose the "silly guy".

My oh my. What little "silly guys" they are.