We've been busy!

First, we painted our living room!

Then we planted some fruit bearing trees, including Anna apple (with a red blush), Mid-Pride peach, Clementine and Mexican or Key lime.  I've been wanting to do this for a while with the cost of produce so high, but didn't want to spend $60 a tree.  So when I ran across Baker's Nursery and found five-gallon trees for $19.95, I jumped on it.  I love this nursery.  They have just about anything that can grow in AZ (with great prices) and they're family owned, which I like.  The citrus is a bit more, but Costco had it for $18.99 a tree.  They're sold out now though and you can only get the trees in the spring, which is the best time to plant fruit trees from what I'm told.

Can you believe all the fruit from these small trees?  There were four apples.  I say "were" since my son picked one and this tree was planted first so was the most traumatized.  (We didn't know what we were doing yet.)  There is still one apple left though!  The peach has four bigger fruit and a few smaller growing on it.  I can't even count all the fruit on the lime, but the clementine will take a little longer.  Maybe next year!

"4 things" tag

4 “people” who email me regularly
1. Allyson Crandall for playgroup
2. Michelle for Enrichment
3. Jody Corbett
4. Border's

4 places I would like to visit
1. Austin, TX to see a good friend :)
2. San Diego during the summer
3. Spain
4. Greece

4 favorite restaurants
1. Macaroni Grill
2. Macayo's
3. Z Tejas
4. Chipotle

4 things I am looking forward to in the coming year
1. Painting and getting organized.
2. My kids playing together more. Drew needs a constant playmate and I hope Davis will rise to the challenge sooner than later!
3. Teaching Davis to sit down in the tub.
4. A new pre-school class for Drew.

4 things I am not looking forward to in the coming year
1. I'll agree, the heat of summer.
2. Taking my children swimming or anything outdoors, really.
3. Working with Drew on being more obedient. (He's gotten a little crazy lately, and it has happened overnight.)
4. Davis taking one nap instead of two.

I tag Jody Corbett, Karen Ray, and Sarah Williamson.

Not much to say

So the reason I don't post more frequently is because I never know what to write about. (Does that mean I'm boring?) Anyway, I can still post pictures so enjoy! Most of these are from Easter.

Thank you for Taco Bell

Drew's on a roll lately. Tonight, for bedtime prayers he said "Thank you for Taco Bell" and "Thank you for eating my apples". The translation probably goes something like this: "Thank you for the apples I had to eat right before bed". Does this mean we've done a good job and taught him to be thankful for even the little things? ;)

I need rock - n - roll

Yes, these words came out of my son's mouth. Here's how it went down. Tim was playing a video of his band. When it ended my son uttered these words after telling us to turn the video back on. Like father, like son I'm afraid. Of course, I think Drew's been taught or coaxed a bit towards music.

Comments

I've had to delete a couple of comments. One said "See... then there were a couple of links and that was it! Kind of suspicious. For now, you have to be permitted to leave comments, which I don't even know how to give anyone permission as I'm on my blog page so often. ;) If you know email me so I can give my friends permission. Has this happened to anyone else?

Pictures!

Seriously, the reason I never do this is because it takes me too long. As I'm trying to type Davis is reaching for the mouse and keyboard. It doesn't make it very easy when I keep having to stop since Davis is successful at getting his hands on the mouse and pushing buttons or hitting keys on the keyboard. I've also changed a poopy diaper in the meantime, retrieved Davis from toilet water, and kept Drew from emptying yet another bottle of bubbles. Drew has asked me to read a book. And I've kept disasters from occurring on my piano! That's just the beginning... Does this sound familiar or am I alone? I've noticed my kids are the happiest when I just give up and sit on the floor with them all day long. My house gets destroyed and I don't do dishes, laundry or anything else that needs to be done but my kids are happy. I'm really trying to find a way to keep my kids happy and a clean house at the same time. If you know how to do it, please let me know!

Enjoy the pics!