How does your garden grow?

broccoli

I’m both disappointed and very pleased with my garden. The back part, where the carrots, beets, onion, etc. were, sprouted a lot of sprouts very early, and then they just stopped growing. And then I found cat poo and there are paw prints from something digging. I’ve given up on anything growing there until [...]

Lately

I love this picture for some reason

I love the expression on her face in this picture.

Ogo Pogo in Kelowna

Playing on the beach in Kelowna.

More beach fun with her cousins and uncle.

The sun was in our eyes.

If this picture looks familiar, it's because I posted a very similar picture a [...]

More Gardening

The biggest major change is that we got the extra slab of concrete in our backyard taken out. I don

My garden is coming along well for the most part, though I’ve had a few casualties. My dog ripped out one of my bleeding heart plants. I ended up transplanting our hydrangea where it used to be as I’ve read hydrangeas don’t like full sun anyway and it gives me more room for veggies. [...]

Mother’s Day

She wanted to fill in all her own ballots.

On Sunday, we went to the Mother’s Day Paint-In at Hatley Castle. The weather was perfect; not too warm, and not too cold. We bought some handmade soap and fudge, ate good food, and wandered around the castle grounds. Hatley Castle would have been my first choice as a location to get [...]

Snapshot Sunday

I found these in the cupboard just like this lol. I

I’m a day late, but at least I’m actually getting this up this week! I’ve been busy again and haven’t had a lot of time for posts. I’m going to be really busy this whole week and then we’re leaving Friday for Calgary. If I have a chance, I’m going to try and get [...]

Unplugged Project: Science fun with toddlers

The kids waiting to find out what would be going on

This is another idea I got out of the same book as the transportation project. It’s an experiment most people I know of have done, but I’d never thought of doing it with dish soap before. We mixed vinegar with food colouring and glitter, squirted in a squirt of dish soap [...]

Garden 2009

All right, so I finally got some pictures I promised of how my garden is coming along, and even got them uploaded. I debated whether to repost pictures from last year, or just link to the posts. I decided I’d like to see the before and after pictures together, so I’m reposting the pictures. [...]

Thinking about it…

I wasn’t going to write this post yet, because who knows how things might turn out, but I’m excited and can’t sleep and have so much I’m thinking about that I’m going to write it now anyway.

The other day I was searching for somewhere local that I could buy a fruit tree from [...]

In Good Company

What happens when a toddler has a jar of dried chickpeas to play with? Well, for those who are curious, here’s the answer:

She had a lot of fun with those chickpeas. There is pearl barley mixed in there too in case you’re wondering.

At least we are in

Snapshot Sunday

Snapshot Sunday is something Sarah debuted back in November. From her blog:

Thought I’d try something new, so I’m debuting Snapshot Sunday. I’m not really creative with names. What I’ll do is walk through my life at the moment – wherever I am, whatever I’m doing and take [...]

“Feelings of worth can flourish only in an atmosphere where individual differences are appreciated, mistakes are tolerated, communication is open, and rules are flexible - the kind of atmosphere that is found in a nurturing family.”
~ Virginia Satir

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