Actually, this was more to show a secret habit...I love to read kids books. Yup, that's right. If I have a choice between an "adult" novel and a "kid" or "teen" novel....I'll pick the teen. I heard that the Septimus Heap books were good (thanks Tresa!). I raced through them and found them to be a lot of fun. I wonder if they will be a movie one day? (Just like HP)
Mostly it's cause I read to relax. Reading about adult stresses, complicated relationships and issues just not relaxing!
Plus, I can guarantee that a teen book isn't as likely as an "adult" book to be full of gratuitous sex and smut.
I know, I said it's like it's a bad thing and some of you may disagree, but let's face it. If my husband is here, I'm very happy with him, thank you. very much. And if he is deployed....I don't want some fictional character rubbing it in my face that I'm not getting lucky!
So I'm going to attempt a 365 again. Last time I bombed and didn't even make it a month, but on my first goround, I was near the 200 day mark.
I decided to start doing a 365 to motivate me to blog more. I love my family and there are so many wonderful things in my life that I just feel the urge to be creative and joyful and well....express myself.
So this is my way of accepting my flaws, you will see bad pics and poorly taken shots...but at least i'm doing it!
Who wants to join me?
Yesterday while the kids napped, I was exhausted and wanted to relax. (but napping was out of the questions) I wanted to be cool and read a book and I was tired of being trapped in the house.
So, of course I grabbed a book and lounged in the kids blow up pool in the backyard. I stuck a lounge chair in the pool so I could soak my feet without getting my book wet. Ahhh. 
But Connor came out and wanted to get in. That was fine...until he said, "Mom, why do you have to read all the time? You are kind of boring."
Eeeek! So of course, I had to put the book away and play with my boy. We wrestled and splashed and had a squirt gun fight. We practiced floating and holding our breath underwater. He is working on not holding his nose and opening his eyes!
I got this shot of Connor swimming underwater...afterwards I noticed Dash floating his way into the shot. I love it. My superhero boy with his superhero toy.
Woo Hoo. My green peppers are doing great. I love to go out in the early morning when it's still cool and see how my happy plants are doing. I even enjoy weeding....go figure! It's nice to see progress and healthy plants growing. I can't wait to get some yummy food too!
The peppers are the only plant that is producing. My tomatoes are just starting to flower and the squash has revived but isn't showing signs of any pending veggies. The broccoli are strong and healthy, but are just stalks. After one tiny head, no progress has been made. My red peppers are just small and barely growing at all. Sigh.
If I'm completely honest.....I think that this is NOT a money saving venture. The cost of water is probably more than a few peppers would cost at the store! But I'll stick with it. I'm hoping I'll see more progress soon.
born...so I felt obliged to make it. It's got a unique neckline with elastic on the sleeves and no clasps, snaps or zippers. So quick and easy, right? Not exactly. Figuring out the wierdness of the collar took time and then I started helping Juliet learn to sew, so I didn't get much done. Then Juliet moved and it became a permanant fixture on my craft table.
tripping on it!
So I looked outside this morning and I saw Connor's little Buzz "Like-Year" standing guard over the pool. I had to smile as I remembered how he insisted that it was LIKE year, not Lightyear for almost a year.
Our family has a bunch of inside jokes, phrases and words that we refer to because the kids had trouble saying the real words.
We shop at ALL mart, not Walmart becuase "Mom, they have everything there so that's why they are All mart!"
Of course, short term memory girl is suddenly struck by a complete lack of examples.....so here's another pic.
So much for blogging.
Maddy had her recital (but I've procrastinated blogging about it) on the last weekend in May. She was so incredibly tiny! Check out the pics of everyone lined up at the end....she is a full head shorter than the next girl in her class.
We didn't have horrible seats, but wow, some of the parents must have been waiting for over an hour. It was packed. Fortuanatly, I had my huge zoom lens...unfortunately I wasn't prepared to shoot from across an darkened auditorium at a awkwardly lit stage.
At least Maddy was adorable. The bow was bigger than her head! We had to alter it to make it small enough to fit. She was thrilled to dance on a big stage in her "ballerina dress".
She took very careful, ballerina steps with her hands held just as she was told....but her tiny legs took a LONG time to get to the other end of the stage....the next group was set up and waiting for her to get off the stage so they could start...but she wouldn't run!
It was funny to see her afterwards though. She was so tired that even when Connor gave her a bouquet of flowers she smiled but she was obviously too exhausted to get excited. She crashed, hugging her flowers, before we made it home.
Trapeze was also a great time for Juliet and I to bond. She started out scared of heights and it only took 3 classes (yeah, I kept dragging her back) for her to feel the addiciton. This last class was a amazing...she was doing things that she never knew she could. I will miss my bud. She is headed off to Arizona for a new life out there....good think they have a trapeze school in Phoenix!
