Garden Harvest!

We decided to try our hand at a garden this year (we finally had a spot to do it!) We were late starters as far as planting goes, so we just did tomatoes, cucumbers, and cantaloupe! A couple weeks ago, we got our first harvest!! YUMMY!

I love cucumbers! We waited for them to plump up really good, so they were a little yellow, but they taste GREAT!
This is how big they were... that's a 2-liter people!

Our First Tomato! I ate this one as a tomato sandwich... never want to do store bought tomatoes again.
look at its perfect shape!

No cantaloupe yet.

Living with a Two Year Old

The hazards

... uh hum...
BLESSINGS!

eeww toddler germs in my cereal
mmmm cocoa roos

broken baby carrier, possibility of tipping the stroller
jungle gym we don't have leave the house for

You are going to get soo dirty
"look what I found!" (hey he's happy)

You drew on his FACE?
Wow, free face painting

Broken toy bin
hmm, can I put you away up on the shelf?

toothpaste ALL OVER
MINTY FRESH FLOOR!

no hat for mom to wear
he can dress himself

"get it off mom"
hey, I always wondered what my girls would look like

broken infant toy
he's stuck, can't make a mess elsewhere

wet pants
who needs Mcdonalds, the bathtub makes a great ball pit

Applsauce everywhere
inventive and independent

"thats a clean table your drooling on"
He can sleep ANYWHERE (and he's out of the way)

more stuff in my filing cabinet to organize
a cool garage for his trucks

A big WET mess

less floor for mom to mop- What a Helper!

Regardless of what I have to deal with daily, I do love my two year old, TIMOTHY!

Hey! Look what I MADE!!

(sorry it's dark, the natural light from the window made the picture dark)
For Christmas I was given an AWESOME present! This sewing machine!
Well, that is as far as it went! I didn't have a place to set it up at the time, so it stayed in the box (safest place for it!) Then we moved and the machine came OUT of the BOX!! And it sat prettily on my shelf for almost 6 months! Until NOW!! About a month ago I finally bought some thread for it... then that sat in a box. Today I went to Walmart to get some pins (they were kind of an important part of me trying to sew). While I was in the fabric section I discovered the $1.50/yd shelf and found this really cute black and white checked fabric.
As soon as the kids were down for a nap I got started! I pulled down the machine, got my measuring stick, fabric, scissors, and pins! (I had actually threaded the machine a few days ago). I measured the window and fabric, cut and began sewing!
I had SO MUCH FUN! And the most amazing part is... I haven't sewn since high school (and I only sewed maybe 3 things then) and I just made it up as I went!
Not to boast or anything, but I am pretty proud of myself!! They are not perfect and I might fix a few things in the weeks to come..l but I DID THIS!
My kitchen now has a cute little valence curtain!

I love sleeping children!

This is a Chronological compilation of Random Pictures of my children sleeping!

This is one of my favorite Spencer Pictures ever!

He honestly fell asleep "reading" our wedding guest book! Then the next day it was Monsters Inc.!

This was last week. He skipped his nap, then around 5:30 had a snack, climbed on the table, and fell asleep (with the half eaten roll still in his hand)!