Mother's Day 2010, Volunteering at the Garden, and our Birds

Tutu came in town for a visit. She promptly got sick and then Eban got sick. It could have been from the multiple sleepovers he had with her and in turn, she didn’t get any sleep. Maybe it was sheer exhaustion for the both of them but they both had high temperatures for a 24 hour period.

I thought he was over his sickness one morning and we went to the Stonehocker Gardens once again to volunteer in the community garden. Last year I took the boys to help plant food for those who are on the WIC program or other type of assistance. The gardens give the recipients healthy and nutritious food and for that fact, I’m very proud. The boys used their shovels last year and didn’t do much. This year was much better and we planted zucchini or cucumbers…can’t remember. They loved taking the seeds and putting them an inch under the soil and prior to that, they loved spreading the mulch or fertilizer. The soccer game was a complete mess after our gardening experience. Eban was lethargic and Jack wanted to play more than he did. I think he did as he played with our neighbor, Miles, the entire time and even shared his snack with him! We eventually had to leave due to a meltdown of epic proportions and continual crying fits.

The next day was Mother’s Day. We spent it at our local train museum in Golden, Colorado. We were able to ride the galloping goose train in the front car. If you click the galloping goose in the previous sentence, you can see what we rode. We were in car #7 in the front seat in a nicely refurbished car. It was impressive. We watched the engineer drive it like a manual car and we nicely sat on a huge red velvet back seat with light wood trim. The interior was more elegant than the outside reveals itself to be. I forgot my camera so I didn’t capture this, but if my mother sends me pictures from her camera, I’ll post them at a later date.

For Mother’s Day, I received a plant from Eban and it actually sprouted. After a week of a little green stem, it’s dying so I will have no idea what kind of flower should be appearing. At least it got green for a short while.

Harriet ran away again – but came back shortly thereafter (we think). Ryan heard some neighbors yelling her name and thank goodness as the side gate was open again (!!!)…and thank goodness our back door was open so he could hear people yelling at her to go home. She did and Ryan opened the front door and she bounded in like a gazelle.

This year is the first year we’ve had birds in our back porch nest since we moved here. Obviously, Sadie is no longer with us so she isn’t a threat to their well being. Just recently, the eggs hatched and I don’t know how many baby birds are in the nest (I think three), but it’s neat to see all the activity from our kitchen window. The robins haven’t attacked us yet, so they are more than welcome to stay and use our ledge to raise their little family.