My Tiny Little Garden...

 This spring/summer I started a little garden, just a cherry tomato plant and a little pot of strawberries. I wanted to start small since everything I've ever grown up to this point has died. I'm thrilled to say, so far so good. I love the tomatoes... so does Ben and Abby, so much that I'm the last to actually enjoy my harvest. Next year definitely more tomatoes, strawberries planted way earlier ( I don't think they like the 100 degree weather) and I think we might plant some early spring veggies in Oct... I know weird but down here in Los Angeles the weather never really changes, it's either hot or really hot. It makes it kind of tricky finding out when to plant what because of our weather. I'll eventually get the hang of it, and it's been incredibly encouraging to actually not kill something!

 Strawberry flower... lots of flowers, but never turn into berries...too hot for those little guys.

 Abbers helping me pick our tomatoes

 Mmm...

All gone!

Going back for more!

First Day of Kindergarten...

So, today's the day... Lizzie's fist day of school! I can't believe that it's here so quickly and that I have a child old enough to be in grade school, it's just so wrong... I'm not that old yet! Today has been kind of mixed bag for me. Lizzie's crazy excited, she's been asking since 9 this morning if we could go to school (we're doing pm K which doesn't start until 11:25), which makes me super excited for her, but at the same time I'm not ready for summer to come to an end or for her be gone for such a huge chunk of our day, everyday, but I think it'll be good for all of us. We deliberately chose pm so we could all hangout together in the mornings and then during the time Lizzie's in school Abby takes her nap, which makes it easier on her... she misses Lizzie terribly when she's gone, plus I finally get to have some much needed time for myself... to eat lunch and enjoy some peace and quiet, to catch up on some reading, and even work on my shop. I still can't get over how crazy fast school shoves your family into a totally different routine and it's only day one!

 Complete with matching LPS band-aid from falling up the stairs yesterday!

 Even when we were there she couldn't wait to get inside her classroom

 Silly and excited... teachers must have a fun first day back