The Joyful Garden: Work Day Wonder

Last weekend was a community workday for Cruz' new school, Joyful Garden (he starts in June). Check out the pics!

The Joyful Garden: Work Day Wonder: "Another work day has come and gone, leaving me in awe of what a group of dedicated and determined adults and kids can accomplish together wh..."

Songs of Spring

We started Music Together class this week at Heartsong, and Cruz - as always - is enjoying every minute.

When we got home from class, we were reading some books and happened upon some of his old music books from past sessions. I sang to him as we looked at the pictures and he immediately recognized instruments in the book that he had at home.



Speaking of songs, a little cardinal was outside my "office" window today tweeting and enjoying the seeds I left out. The feeder is supposed to be up in the tree but it fell and broke...

Spring Showers Bring Baby Greens

For my friends' baby(s) shower, I planted some pea seeds to give away to guests. I started a few weeks ago with some home-made newspaper pots. (Thanks Crestview neighbors for the recycled newspaper.)






They are sprouting nicely!

They grow like weeds

Cruz is officially running around the house. The other day, he even said "taco." I know he makes his Daddy proud.

We had him help in the kitchen this weekend with a weekend staple: breakfast tacos.

Two Peas in a Pod

When our friend texted us last year that she was expecting twins, Dax and I both (and separately) had the same reaction that may or may not have included an F-bomb. Yes, we are VERY happy for her. Just surprised! (Not to mention she has identical twin brothers, which happens to not be a genetic trait.)

Fast forward to 2011 and we are planning the baby(s) shower. Lucky for us, the couple's last name lends itself to some creative ideas. While brainstorming invites, I came up with:

1. Join us for a shower to help welcome the Baby Greens

2. The Green Family is in Bloom… Join us for a shower to help Kristy and David welcome their newest sprouts (Sort of took this from a Google Search)

3. KEEP AUSTIN GREEN - Join us for a shower to help Kristy and David welcome their newest sprouts

4. Spring showers bring Baby Greens! Let’s honor Kristy, David and their newest sprouts. (The winner)

Sewing the Seeds of Love in Crestview

I have decided to take part in community gardening through the help of Crestview-based Urban Patchwork.

My vision for this garden is something that we can work on together with our families, teaching our kids how to appreciate the outdoors and the fruits of our labor. When my family gardens together, we don't consider this "work" because we enjoy it, so I'm hoping to plan a community garden around that mentality. Kid activities organically sprout (pun intended) from gardening - whether it is planting seeds, to pulling weeds, to painting signs that designate our fruits and veggies, feeding chickens and pulling eggs. Cruz is already very involved with our small garden at home and I wanted to take it to another level and be a part of something bigger. Instead of limiting the community to my immediate neighbors, I wanted to share the love with my dear friends and already have buy-in from two of our Los Horns families (thanks Jen and Ruth).

Paige, the founder of Urban Patchwork, is set to design a kid-friendly space in my backyard jungle, complete with herbs, veggies/fruit garden, a chicken run and even a space for bocce :). We talked about the possibilities of melding together play dates with gardening work days to get everyone involved. I think this is a first for Urban Patchwork -- I am so excited about this opportunity.

I hope to have an update in a few weeks with our initial design plans. Stay tuned!