A Winner and A Story

Well, with only one entrant, it's a gimme. But I have to say that she did get 100%. I'm so impressed!

Now for a quick story from our recent trip to CA.

We stopped at the airport McDonald's to pick up some breakfast, then went to sit at our gate. We were early for our early morning flight, so it pretty empty. When the desk lady got there, we talked to her about switching seats. We were still eating breakfast. We were right next to the desk. She said sure, and asked for our boarding passes. When I had to put down my breakfast burrito and get into the diaper bag for them, she said to me, "You should really have those in your hand so that you'll be ready to board". Umm, yeah. 2 kiddos eating breakfast, let alone my pregnant self, and 45 minutes before the flight leaves? Boarding is not happening any time soon and there are a lot of other things that will be occupying my hands in that time. But we did end up with bulkhead seats, which gave A tons of space to play.

A Game with a PRIZE!!!

#1 Here's the game. Our garden seeds are coming up!

We're very excited! So, I took pictures of all the little

starts. And numbered them. I'll give you a list of what

they could be. And you leave your guess in the

comments. The person with the most correct guesses

will receive a prize in the mail. Who doesn't like mail?

Oh, and 2 of the plants aren't from seed. They were

plants when we put them in our garden. But they

#2 haven't grown much since then, because the temperature has been rather cool-ish. The game will

run until Sunday, June 20th at 11:59 pm.

Plant Possibilities:

-carrot

-pea

-beet

-cucumber

#3

-zucchini

-lettuce

-green pepper

-radish

-tomato

GOOD LUCK!

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Less than 100

Some of you have commented about my little floating picture on my sidebar. It's true! I am expecting! We'll be welcoming a little girl in mid-September (unless the ultrasound showed a poor picture. I know that we could have a boy. But we're planning on the girl. Both the tech and the OB were certain. And that's good enough for me). N is very excited about having a little sister. According to her, everyone she knows is having a baby girl (her aunts are also expecting :). A doesn't really get it (obviously, he's only 15 months), though he doesn't like that I'm trying to make him walk more instead of being carried. Poor boy! I'm feeling good, really trying to enjoy the last of my second trimester. I love the second trimester! I'm planning a summer spent in the backyard, sitting in the kiddie pool. (Luckily we're in Colorado, so I don't have to live in the heat of Las Vegas during a summer pregnancy.) And now we have less that 100 days to go! Hurray!

Lesson of the Day

I've been trying to take daily walks. And I've been trying to take more pictures - especially ones that aren't of my kiddos. So Monday I took my camera on my walk. And got some lovely pictures.

Today I went on my walk. Before leaving, I thought to myself, "I should take my camera. No, there won't be anything new to see. I'll leave it home."

After all, I do live a subdivision that doesn't change much. And in 3 days there aren't new flowers. So we start off.

And as soon as I round the first corner, I start kicking myself for not taking my camera.

Because there is a purr-fect

picture opportunity. A mangy-dlooking cat is standing on his back legs, front legs resting on a bird bath, getting a drink. The background was purr-fect also. No bright colors. No vehicles. And the cat didn't even mind that we were there. As I walked by (I contemplated going back for the camera but decided that 1-the cat would probably

be gone by the time I got back and 2-the walk up the steepest hill in the subdivision {not an exaggeration}

wasn't worth the picture that would probably not happen because of #1)

the cat didn't even glance our way. I could have snapped a hundred pictures and he wouldn't have cared. I learned my lesson. I will now take my camera, even if I think that nothing will change.