Sick Gardening

Another cold is cycling its way around our family. This is right after Andrew and Blake suffered through their first colds.  Yesterday was a miserable day, but today is better in that my nose stopped running constantly.  Now comes the hacking cough.  There were a few gardening tasks that I finally got around to completing.

1. Started picking our apples.  They aren't that great this year and half of the apples are rotten on the tree.

2. I had Andrew pick up some pavers so I could upgrade our walkway out back.  I added another bag of soil and planted isotoma ground cover in between the pavers so it will make a lusher landscape.

3. I finally picked all the remaining pears off of our tree.  Can you say baby food for Piper (frozen for later use of course).

Fun on Friday

An Estate Sale find.  It is a 6" grandfather clock with batteries.
Score!

My son made this at school today.
He said, "Look mom, it is me."

Another Car Post

Why does this make me feel more uncomfortable than leaving my children with a complete stranger off of UrbanSitter.com?

 

VW Wallet Saver

Nobody told me about this. There is a place called California Campers where you can rent VW campers for $100/day.  I bet Andrew wishes I had known about that earlier.  They are located in Redwood City.  Everyone march your bodies down there so you can join us for our first RV outing on October 19th-21st.  We have no idea what the weather will be like, but if it is good we want to head towards some redwoods.  If you need a bigger rig then go to Cruise America and reserve your RV now!

First This then That

Piper just keeps hitting firsts around here.

Getting her first tooth:
 

Rolling over:
 

October 1st

October 1, 2012.
I love October 1st. It is Pumpkin Day for me. I can't believe that I have real, homegrown pumpkins in my front yard.  Go Andrew!  I also love that those are his corn stalks.  The 90 degree weather took some fun out of decorating for fall.

Arranging & Rearranging

The moving truck arrived and then the family came to unpack and rearrange.  This is an efficient bunch of people.  Dishes are put away, computers and TVs are up an running, and the garden has been worked on.  The house has come back to life and seems even more family/community oriented than their Oakhurst farm.  Neighbors, old and new, have been cycling through and the walls spoke out and asked for Christmas to be hosted there.  Let the party begin...