a Green Thumb perfect day

Seeing that May is literally a day away, it seemed like the perfect time to get my container garden going! So, Grace and I 'suited up' and got going! It was SOOO hot outside! I don't think i'm ready for summer if this is what it is like in April. 

BUT, the garden had to be done, so we just sun-screened up our fair skin, put on hats, poured water all over our deck (since the wood was burning our feet), and started planting our garden!

Grace was LOVING it. I brought out a big bowl of water for her to 'help' and gave her her own 'shovel'. She would just go from her bowl, to the planters and back again. She ended up making some great dirt soup in that bowl.  She also had a little cup that I let her water the plants with. She would fill up her cup at her bowl, and then proceed to walk over to the plants. But, as she would walk, she held the cup sideways on her belly, so all the water ended up on her. That didn't stop her from pouring an empty cup in the pots though!

She sure was proud of her garden (and so was I!) She even wanted to show Daddy when he got home from work.   

We planted cucumbers (Grace's favorite) tomatoes (cherry and Goliath), Red Pepper and banana pepper, and marigolds (just because I like them, and they ward off bugs).

We are far from being gardeners, and even further from having a green thumb, but we hope to produce at least SOMETHING this year. 

It was such a fun day today. I feel the need to document today because sometimes I only write about the not so great days.

We went to Target and ran some errands(where Grace was such a sweet and patient girl).

As we drove around we sang songs and talked (well, me talked, Grace babbled). When I asked her what song she wanted to sing she said, "round and round". (wheels on the bus= her favorite)

She is such a funny girl. I think she is really starting to understand that she is funny.

In the car, I would say, "Grace, are you Mama's FAVORITE girl??"

and she would smirk, shake her head and say "No!"

Then, I would gasp and exclaim, "YES! You are Mama's FAVORITE girl!"

And she would laugh, and then say, "yeah".

We went through the same exchange with all sorts of different words:

Smart

Crazy

Pretty

Silly

Sweet

to which she answered "No!" every time.

And then, we got to FUNNY.

As I asked her if she was my funny girl, she laughed and said, "YEAH!"

She is getting so smart. She definitely is not lacking in the personality department.

We then came home and played. She even let me read her a book (which is a rarity, since she insists that she read by herself).

Her TiCara came by with her favorite person in the whole world (Nomi aka MiMi).

They played so well together (for the most part) and Cara and I laughed until we cried at pictures we took on my new MAC.

Then we gardened, and relaxed with some popsicles (a hot weather MUST).

And to top it off, I got to rock my baby girl to sleep.

Perfect day.