Mother's Day

Yesterday, Mother's Day was spent outside, all 4 of us working (pulling grass chunks) a new, large piece of tilled ground and preparing it for our garden. It is a sunnier spot than where we previously had it. We will compete with the deer, but hopefully we will not only get good healthy plants, but also ALLOT of produce. Mim told me she used to work the garden in Haiti with her Haitian dad, so she was somewhat knowledgeable about the process. It took us a great deal of time so I kept reminding the girls of our future bountiful harvest... LOL, finally I just bribed them with doughnuts..it worked. The garden is prepared, the mulch has been laid (from mucking out the chicken house) and in a week or so we will plant.....perfect day for me, all home spending time together, working, interacting, laughing and functioning as a family.

4 weeks left of school.....

The summer is mostly planned out, vacations, summer school, swimming, swimming lessons, gardening, hopefully get back into shape, time spent with family and friends, cleaning the house from top to bottom....and who knows what else....it is all just around the corner.