Fruits of my labor

The garden is producing food!!! Really, it shocks me every time I go out there. I have been eating the cherry tomatoes off the vine as soon as they are red (hence not many left for salad. Tonight though, I made a salad with lettuce, tomatoes, and onion that came from my backyard! I even picked a carrot to see if they were ready. The onions were not big yet, but I just couldn't resist! I wish the two of you who read this lived closer because I have a TON of lettuce! I think I might try to bring some home in my suitcase in a couple for weeks! I know I am going over board, but I just never thought I could keep anything, that didn't cry when it needed food, alive!

California

Last night I was putting Lucas to bed and we were having one of those last minute conversations that Lucas uses to avoid going to sleep. I told him that we would be going to California in a few weeks and his response in a desperate (almost fake crying) voice while grabbing my arm was, "THANK YOU!!! You would think we were not just there a week and a half ago. I am so thankful though that he loves time with family so much that he can not wait to go back! See, he is just like his mother! :)

Breakfast of Champions

This will be short but I got a good laugh out of this...

This morning Ben asked for breakfast and when Jake was asking him what he wanted, he said, "Sugar Bombs please!" He was referring to Frosted Mini Wheats (one way to disguise fiber). I guess he heard Lucas refer to them as that, but to hear a two year ask for sugar bombs was pretty funny. "Mmm, nummy sugar bombs," said Ben.