We got a pool for Rosemary. I don't know the dimensions, but it's a larger, rectangular, blow-up one. It's big enough for an adult to wade in. My question is ... how long can I keep the water in before it's gross? I'm not talking dirt, leaves, etc ... but bacteria-wise? I don't really want to treat it with any chemicals or anything. Next question. Rosemary had a pretty bad cold about 3 weeks ago....

Wanna see our first harvest?!?!

Wanna see my garden?

I signed Rosemary up for a little summer preschool thing and it started today. It goes through July and is 2 hours a day, 2 days a week. I expected a little tugging at my leg and sadness that I was leaving, but ooooh no. The kid was all, 'You're cramping my style, mom. Would you leave please?' Sheesh. Just dropping her off at a school and leaving the building was way more difficult for me than for...

(friends, I am not exaggerating) Get in car, secure seat belts, start car, commence Rosemary: Hey there's the broken house! Is it broken? Did they take it away? Did it have wheels? Now they're building a new one? Look, a boat! Does the boat float? Do fish float? Do feet float? Do cars float? Do gas stations float? Do ducks float? Do pineapples float? Do stop signs float? Do princes float? Hey...

The boxes for our vegetable gardens are constructed. This weekend we are going to buy the soil mixture for them and start planting. Hooray! I'm not totally sure what I'll fill it up with - a little bit of this, a little bit of that, I guess. I do have some plans, but I'm okay winging it a little bit. Joel also put together a sandbox for Romy, so that has been lots of fun. Also, a few years ago he...

Click here for the letter with pictures. Dear Rosemary, Today you are 3. When you went to bed last night, you were very excited that you would wake up a whole new number. After you fell asleep, I told your daddy what a big deal 3 seems like. At 1 and 2 you didn’t really care about your birthday, didn’t care about cake or presents, didn’t care that a loud, boisterous song was being sung to...

Be the Wizard, Stephen. Be the Wizard.

Hey, if you get a chance ... head on over to my other blog to see the classic picture that I posted today . Thanks!