april 21

April 21: Bottle. Those are cuttings from a plant that my Grandmere had in her house. After she died eleven years ago or so, I took a leaf from her plant and put it in water for almost a year before it grew any roots. I planted it after that, and it took off. I just gave it a makeover, as it was getting lanky, and I tucked these in water for the time being.

The boys and I had a lovely, quiet, rainy afternoon together, complete with reading, fort-making, play-doh sculpting, drawing, and Jell-O worm making. I told Phillip just after lunch that he would be able to play on the computer at 3:30 while I started supper. This is what he did at 1:15:

The clock that he checks is on the microwave. So he thought that it would be best to sit and wait for 3:30 to roll around. That lasted for about 25 seconds.

And lastly, I thought this was so cute. All of a sudden, Phillip jumped up and said, "I need to draw something!" He went into the dining room and drew and coloured furiously for a few minutes, then asked how to spell 'you' and 'plants'. He explained to me that it's Earth Day tomorrow, and he wanted to draw a picture for the plants in the garden. That's a tree, and it says "I *heart* you plants". Since it was pouring, he set it out on the step for the plants to see rather than taking it beyond the step. He then spent a minute getting soaked while he turned it around so it wasn't upside down and they could read it.

Happy weekend!