I had an infected partial impacted wisdom tooth removed last Monday. A horrible experience for recovery and am just now feeling somewhat better. Just in time for starting the window garden!
With snow covering the ground outside and frog enjoying her new futon bed, conveniently placed in the living room this week, we decided to plant some lettuce together. I had some leftover seed from last years garden and we started the process with her discovering, in disbelief, how tiny the seeds are that become the salad we eat:
After filling an 18 count egg carton with soil, she planted our small seeds and helped place saran wrap over the top. We nestled this into the carton top, which was cut off ( see seed packets displayed in it) for a bottom tray.
After setting her seed tray on the sunny window sill, we sat back with our mugs of hot herbal tea, sweetened with honey from our beehive. We watched the snow fall from the newly cleaned window- thanks to frog and her umm... finger painting as we both shared oohs and awws over our new seed catalog stash. I get a new one at least every other day now. Makes me wonder how they even get my name. She wants everything, of course. But I just wish for sweet potatoes and maybe try some blue potatoes to go with the purple carrots over wintering in the garden. Maybe try some sugar snap peas again for Panda and maybe discover something lil' man will like long enough to grow before he changes his mind..LOL. He's at the picky stage right now.
Of course a peek at the Murray mcmurray poultry catalog would not be skipped over. Frog found last years catalog in the desk and demanded we look at the chick chicks.
We made a trip to the library for a very important book. Panda is planning a "Kit Kittridge("American girls" series character) theme birthday party( for the weekend after school ends in June). Just like the character in the
"Happy Birthday, Kit! Springtime story( book 4 in the series), Panda will be turning 10 years old. The character is about a little girl growing up during the depression (1934 to be exact for the book time frame) and lives in Cincinnati, Ohio. I have lots of little details for her and I to go over and the white parasols over at the
Oriental trading company ( 12 decent sized Japanese paper parasols with bamboo handles for $30)
will be ordered for us to decorate as party favors. Paper Fans as an activity need to be perfected first too... Along with the start of purchasing 9 copies of the book I mentioned above over the next 6 months. Each girl who receives an invitation will get a copy of the book to read before coming to the themed party. They cost between $5 to $7 a copy where I found them on yahoo shopping. Money well spent as an additional party favor. A homemade cake just like Kits along with the decorations and some fun activities along with watching the Kit Kittredge movie make up in price for the extra favors. I LOVE that Panda likes the American girl series. Not just the stories but the other great books
the company puts out for girls. She has read over and over the ones she received for the holiday and cherishes her Just like you! doll, which has been requested for years and finally was able to be bought this year.
Have a look around the site link above. Well worth checking out.
I have a grow light to put up and a Frog who needs some cuddling off to sleep...
Sweet dreams,
Tammie
