Sunflowers

Our sunflower crop this year was our tallest yet! They have been fun to check on over the past couple months. The heat is taking it's toll and they appear to be about done for this year. Hopefully we will have some come up from all the seeds that falling off right now.

Outdoors!

The weather here in Texas has been mild lately, so we really have been enjoying the time to be outside before the heat is oppressive. Our garden has taken off, we've been enjoying tomatoes and cucumbers this week. We have green beans that should be ready soon as well as an assortment of peppers. Our watermelon and okra have a ways to go, but we are looking forward to enjoying them as well. I meant to get a picture of Sunshine with her sunflowers before they were taller than she is, but as you can see below they beat me! They are blooming now, so I need to take a picture of them and get it posted. On of the first places she goes when we are outside is her tomato plants. I think she would sit out there all day and eat tomatoes is I let her.

Looking for tomatoes.

We gave her a sandbox for her birthday. She really loves to play in it...and I can get some gardening done while she is occupied!

Last week we brought home 11, day- old chicks. They are growing fast and doing great! Hopefully they will all be laying this fall (minus the rooster) and we will be able to offer more eggs to our Bryan/College Station friends.

Good Morning

These little guys were busy feeding when I looked out the front window this morning. Sunshine has really enjoyed watching them; whether from inside the house or from the rockers on the front porch. We have a second feeder on the back porch....needless to say I've been making batches of sugar water on a daily basis!

Happy Birthday to You!

On Sunday, our little girl turned 3! We had a fun time celebrating "zoo" style this year....complete with monkey and lion cupcakes and a trip to the zoo. Here are some pictures from our festivities.

Celebrating with friends at the park.

We are blessed that we have great friends with wonderful kids for Sunshine to build friendships with. They had a great time playing at the park.

San Antonio Zoo over the weekend.

Riding the train at the zoo. It's a great little train ride.

Two-miles long through their beautiful park!

On her actual birthday we had a family party at our house. Sunshine and

her cousin enjoyed playing with all her new gifts, including a new lego doll house from Grandpa and Nini. T & Sunshine are the lego builders around here. Yesterday the doll house fell off the coffee table and came apart. I need to work on my lego skills. As I was trying to put it back together Sunshine kept telling me "that is not how it goes". She is a blast and I am so thankful to have her as my daughter!

Playtime, Gardening, & The Pink Posy!

Sunshine has spent a lot of time playing with her stuffed animals and dolls recently. They have story time together (on carpet squares, no less), take naps, eat snacks, visit the restroom, etc. It's so fun to watch her play and it keeps her entertained. Here she is reading during their snack time.

She came up with the idea that they all needed their own little blanket. We use 12th man towels for blankets and construction paper for carpet squares...isn't this just adorable?!??

The family gardening project has begun for the year. T tilled the garden last weekend and we put in some late broccoli and cauliflower. It amazes me how much things have greened up over the last week. I told T the anticipation of flowers blooming is almost better than the actual bloom itself. My roses are just taking off and the red bud trees are on full display.

I've also been keeping busy with a new at-home business, The Pink Posy. Here are a couple pictures of some spring hats I crocheted recently. I am blessed to have a cute little model:). I have a page on facebook too. If you are interested in a hat, please e-mail me (thepinkposy@gmail.com).

A little bit of snow and Honey

Snow and Honey?!!? Yes, we got a little snow and we have a new puppy named Honey. Sunshine loves both. Sunshine, Honey, and I played in the snow Friday morning.

Here is our sweet little pup, Honey. She is about 11 weeks old now and is spending more of her day outdoors. Sunshine adores her and I think the reverse is true as well.

Hmmm...

This picture pretty much summarizes how I've felt about blogging lately. After Christmas, life seems very normal- so not too much to report on. We've been to some Aggie basketball games. Sunshine can sing both the Spirit of Aggieland and the War Hymn, so that helps keep her attention during the games. This past weekend we attended the Fort Worth Stock Show. Sunshine said her favorite part was "seeing a turkey"...you just never know what will get her attention.

A new element in our daily routine this year is preschool. Since I will be homeschooling her, I thought we should go ahead and get started with preschool work. She seems to be enjoying it and is very good to remind me that we need to "do school" in the mornings. I am enjoying it too.

I promise to be better about posting over the next month. Thanks for reading.