hello sun shine!

From funny little sprouts in little sun flower seed helmets
reaching up in the sun lite window

to scraggly little slug eaten shoot

to rising 4 feet, 6 feet, 10 feet... still rising...

to a 12 footer with a bud!

then.............

Hello sun shine!

another school year done

Rhiannon's kindergarten days are over. Wah. Next year she will be in first grade, all day, 5 days a week, away from us. The separate life away from Mom begins. "What did you do at school today?" "nothing." Maybe I'll volunteer and sit in the back of the class all day, every day, to watch her. Ok not really. She is now going to be one of the "big kids".

Bye bye Central school

Bye bye Mrs Sotelo

Mikey is edging closer to that too. He is done with year one of preschool. This year he only went 2 days a week, next year it will be 3. So he will be gone a little more too. I have yet to experience the "the kids are at school, I'm alone!" thing, I always have a baby with me. What will it be like after 8 years (by then) of always having a baby on my hip, or pulling on my leg, when Kaitlyn goes off and leaves me to go to school? Ah! I don't want to think about it.

The above picture was just about how Mikey looked the whole performance. Funny kid. As his teacher says, "he wears his feelings on his sleeve." He had no nap that day, and needed one. He had on his "sad smile", but he sang every word. The cutest thing ever was when they sang "there's a fountain flowing mm and mm" (deep and wide). I don't know, 3 year olds saying mm is just cute. Miss Kristy had to open her card before Mikey would go home.

This summer will be spent at the fair, and in the pool. My 3 little fishies.

opening day

It was an empty fair on opening day. No lines for anything! It started to get crowded around 6:30 when every one got out of work, and that"s when we took off.

I have a pass, and the kids are still free so we will be going to the fair lots this year, as always.

our back yard right now

So much to sit back and watch in our back yard

We have our own petting zoo. Our Kitty Mister has gone missing, I think there is a strong possibility someone grabbed him. He is extra fluffy, with extra monkey toes, and extra friendly no matter who you are. If he went rubbing up on some person passing buy, they could easily have taken him. He has no collar, but is micro chipped, so we will see if we get a call some day. That is also a nicer thought then the alternative.

His buddy still hangs out in our back yard though. Our neighbor kitty that spends all day, every day watching the show that is our back yard. Kids, animals, shady trees, and unruly grass, he loves our back yard. See him up there? Looking at... yes our goats. We are growing fruits and veggies, hens for eggs, why not just dive in? I may have lost my mind, but goats make milk, we can have goats here. Hey why not.

They are totally like dogs, only they eat our trees. They greet you when you get home by waging their tails and climbing in your lap. They are super sweet, even just standing there while Kaitlyn tells me "eye! eye!" poke!

fuzz butt

THIS came from a tiny little seed we put in the ground. That is so crazy. And is growing so fast. Hopefully we will get a flower soon. Little chickens in the shadeThat is my hand, HUGE leafs. Look, we have grass! Not just weeds!ArtichokeBlack berriesStrawberriesNeighbor kitty hanging with the goatsMint. So much mint! Want some mint?Zucchini, mmmTomatoesorangesThis little guy is trying really hard to be a watermelon vine. Hopefully we will have some warmer nights soon so our patch will grow. figs! I love the big leaves on this treelemonsBelow is the tiny green beginning of a Mandarin orangeNeighbor kitty resting in the shadepomegranates! This is my favorite tree in our yardA few more radishes were left to grow when we harvested them a few weeks ago. Dude, we harvested. From our back yard. KumquatsCharlot the goatAnd the white butt below belongs to David the goat. The goats were names by Rhiannon. Hi goatee!Carrots take a long long time to grow. more lemonsgrape vine reaching for the sunmm avocado

We love our back yard.