first fruits

last summer we tried our hand at a couple tomato plants and a few peppers too. THIS summer, we went all out-- our little garden is packed with corn, tomatoes, peppers, onions, squash, zucchini, basil, cilantro, and mint. here's haven with our first harvest.

note: if you go on vacation, you come home to monster vegetables!

lesson #87993

clapping your hands while covered in strawberry yogurt results in a freshly mopped floor and clean windows--and a wardrobe change. :)

pb&j...&h

to all the new and future moms out there, never leave your child and a peanut-butter-jelly sandwich unsupervised (even in the amount of time it takes you to put the wash in the dryer) during lunch. the sandwich will explode all over said child and the white t-shirt you dresses her in, especially if she just got out of the tub hours prior. cheese.

backseat driver

friends from church passed down the 'golden ticket' of all toys for haven this weekend and we haven't stopped playing in it since! h first had her eye on a more recent model at the local toys r us, but she just wasn't feeling the payment plan attached to a brand new model. so, like her mom and dad, she went the 'pre-owned' approach and hasn't looked back since. without a gas cap, it's never going to pass state inspection, but then again, without gas, does it really matter? so far this car only works in reverse (which is the cutest thing ever), but i think with a few more lessons, parallel parking and forward movement are just around the corner. ps- this kiddo is a bug magnet! can you see her poor little right eye covered in bites? we obviously 'missed' an inch. if anyone's got any natural poor-it-on repellant alternatives, i'm happy to hear!