Literally Enjoying the Fruits of Our Labor!

I have tried in vain to have a garden every year since we moved out to our house. Every year my plants grow about half their size and then stop growing and then the garden will become overgrown with weeds. This year I did a lot of reading and research and decided to try a raised garden bed in a new location in our yard. It is a small garden, since it was on trial basis, and it has worked beautifully! Next year I'll add another raised bed and I'm going to start a compost pile too. I start all my plants from seed as it give me a sense of accomplishment! I even got some help from Teague this year and he has loved helping me pick items from the garden.

My strawberry plants were still a little young this year so we got a few extra from our neighborhood strawberry patch.

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Espana y Portugal; June 3-12, 2012

I have finally recovered (for the most part!) from my 9 day adventure with my co-worker, Joy and 29 of the most awesome students from Melrose HS to Spain and Portugal. Everything was great, no flight delays, we didn't lose anyone!, we saw so many parts of Spain and Portugal, and it was a great time getting to know my students on a completely different level. We traveled to Madrid, Toledo, Avila and Salamanca Spain and then onto Porto, Combria, Fatima and Lisbon Portugal. For some students this was not only their first flight, but their first time ever leaving MN! What an experience for all of us. My co-worker, Joy, plans one of these trips for her students every year. I knew she was talented and organized before, but I have a whole new respect for all she does to make these trips so fabulous for our students now. I feel so grateful that I was asked to help her on this trip! Below are a FEW of the pictures from my trip.

Family Fun

We are fully ready for summer to arrive! Today is my last day of the school year and I'm excited for what's to come. Sunday I leave for 11 days with my friend and co-worker, Joy, and 29 student to Spain and Portugal! I'm thriled for the experience. I will, of course, miss my babes, but they will get to have all kinds of fun while I'm gone too!

We are planning to go camping, attend a few family and friend functions, celebrate a lot of birthdays and most of all a TON of swimming shall take place as T has already been bush breaking in the swimming pool, even with it being only in the 50's this week.

Last weekend T had his cousin and best bud, Chase, sleep over. We headed over to the Long Drive In movie theatre in Long Prairie and enjoyed an hour of "Pirates, Band of Misfits" until the rain storm forced us into our car and home. It was 10:30 pm by then, so past bedtime anyway!

Last weekend the kids and I drove up to Morris to surprise Nana and Papa with a visit. While there Teague got to be the first grandchild to take papa's new boat for a spin! He LOVED it, and even got a gift certificate to the DQ from the DNR officer for wearing his (actually Skylar's old pink Bratz girls) life jacket.

 

We really just love listening to Lola's "comments" and the conversations she is starting to have. A few of my favorite "Lola-isms":

- "Wanna go on Charlie (trampoline)?"

- (When mad) "Mommy/Daddy/Teaguie, I TOLD YOU!"

- "Where's daddy? Bakeyball?" (usually in the next room)

- "Is mommy shopping?" (usually in the next room)

- "I wanna play with mommy's bone (phone)." Or; "No, dis my mommy's bone!"

A few pics of sweet, silly Lola:

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Another Milestone!

My baby boy finished his first year of preschool last week! He had a great year and learned so much. While I know he's excited for summer, I'm sure he will miss the structure of preschool and Tina's. Here I got to take the two cuties (Teague.and his longtime daycare bud, Maddie) out for lunch to John Dough's to celebrate the last day of preschool.

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ECFE Zoo and Children's Museum Trip

Today my mom and I took T and Lola on the annual ECFE bus trip to Como Zoo and Children's Museum. The kids had a blast and were so good! Nana and I were exhausted by the end of the day.

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