Easter Baskets for Babies

My Mom and Dad got Natalie an amazing Easter basket, and Caleb and I got her one as well. We bought her a two stuffed animals from Target, a book, a pacifier, a sippy cup and an Easter bib. We kept it simple since we knew it was more for pictures, then for her. However, she loved playing with her new toys and books.

My mom got her a book, three stuffed animals, and a hat!




The bib came in handy too when she ate later that day, as did the pacifier during nap time! She still plays with her toys too. It is good we got her all those fun toys.

Giving her the baskets was very fun! She is quite adorable, and such a fun baby.

Surprise Saturday!

Our neighbors are incredible. We are very lucky to live where we live. We decided to start a new tradition. It is called Surprise Saturday. All of us decide on a dish and side dish to bring, without talking to each other, and the Surprise is whether all the dishes work together!

Our first Surprise Saturday actually worked really well! Some how they all meshed very well. We brought tacos, our across the street neighbors brought an applesauce pork, and guacamole, and our next door neighbors made a polenta shrimp. Oddly, it worked! And we had tons of left overs for the week - which was incredible. It was a fun experiment, that we will recreate!

Just Because

My daughter is quite the explorer. She also loves dogs! And just because I love this photo and find it hilarious, I wanted to share it.

I call it: What is Daddy doing in the Kitchen? 

Our Experiment in Compost Gardening

My husband is amazing. He bought a com-poster last year. We had an amazing garden the year prior by using seeds. This year we wanted to experiment. We put our plants at the end of the season in the com-poster as well as the seeds from our food, and food that could compost well.

We would stir the compost every month or so. Then in early spring, with a shovel, and wheel barrow we moved the compost to our garden area, and spread it out. along the garden area we used last year. 

After a week or so, we had plants budding! It was very exciting. We called it our Mystery Garden. Since we had no idea what would grow. We put a lot of seeds into the compost! 

Then, a few weeks later we had plants growing every where! It was crazy! My husband has thinned it out now, and it looks like we have a three different types of squash plants, and two tomato plants. We are quite proud of our Mystery Garden, and can't wait to eat our left over food!