evening

Happy Friday!

Both boys are quiet in bed, Adam's gone out to run some errands, and I am making yogourt for the first time ever. So simple - I'll share more details when I've tasted it. It's a lovely, quiet evening. Quite a change from some of the yelling and screaming bedtimes we've had lately with P. Oh, my. I'll just be thankful for tonight, and the other 22 or so lovely hours with him each day.

I'm off to check if my milk has skin on it yet. Mmmmm.

birthday treats

It's Adam's birthday tomorrow. His request for a 'cake' was ice cream sandwiches, made using the cookie part from this recipe. Mr T is napping after a rather wakeful night (yaaaaawn!) and Adam took P to "Timportons" (in non-Phillip speak, Tim Horton's) for a special treat, so I just whipped up the dough and it's chilling in the fridge. I think they will be delicious.
I think that eggs are beautiful. Everything about them, but especially the shells. Freckled eggshells are one of the most pleasant sights I can imagine. Although it's not the countertop of my dreams, I'm kind of starting to like the funny old-school speckled countertop in our pantry.

The first of the lily of the valley have arrived! The yard is a veritable riot of green, with lots of other bright colours on the way. I planted some lettuce the other evening, which I'm very much looking forward to eating, and once we get a load of composted soil, we'll be planting some more of our regular veggies. Yipee!

truck farm

How fun is this? I'm excited to see more.

Last night, I was kind of grumpy and out of sorts. It was primarily because I was looking ahead to today, expecting the worst. This morning was my first stint home alone with both boys for any extended period of time, and this evening, we were going out for dinner with my parents, sister and niece. In both cases, I was expecting total chaos and was not looking forward to the day. Which is unusual for me. Of course, all of my concerns were met with a beautifully behaved P who was nothing but charming and sweet all day (this is surprising mostly because he needs to poop and that turns him into a bit of a handful, to say the least) and a wonderful Mr T who slept all through dinner. It was a beautiful day.

4 weeks and Earth day

This is what Mr T looks like most of the time. Although sometimes he puts this face on.
Photos courtesy of Adam.

In case you might be wondering, we did keep Son #1, and we've even taken pictures of him. I just don't seem to have any of them on my memory card. And it's tricky to get decent pictures of them together, given all of the wiggling and such.

The days are flying by. By the time all of the necessary stuff gets taken care of, it seems like the day is done and it's tomorrow. I would usually post something about Earth Day and how every day should be Earth Day, but you all know that anyway, and I'm tired. I celebrated by hanging a very full clothesline and hanging out in the sun with P. As well as opening all of the windows and vacuuming the house (with help from Adam, this took place in a few stages, but it's done!) And scrubbing the insides of the window frames. Eeew.

I pseudo-made a batch of soap yesterday! I took a cold process batch I had made and wasn't thrilled with, chopped it up, and melted it in the slow cooker. It was semi-successful - believe it or not, you can burn soap in the slow cooker. Only a bit around the edges.

Okay, I'm done babbling for this evening. Happy Earth Day!