date

when i was pregnant with zaiah i made a promise to myself that i would take kai on a special date every so often, just me and him. well, it took me almost 2 yrs to do this! actually writing this makes me a little sad that i haven't followed through.

last week i took kai to the play, Go Dog Go. it's based on the book by Dr. Suess. oh so good! kai loved it and i did just as much. afterwards we went to get ice cream at his favorite ice cream shop. a friend the other day mentioned her friend takes her children somewhere special every month on the date they were born, just the two of them. i thought this was a good way to get in the habit. i think i might start doing this with kai. zaiah and i already get a lot of alone time while kai is in school so i'll start something with her once she's in school too.

a cool dude who's also helpful

shoes.... she wants to get them on all by herself so badly. She did get her crocks on the other day (whew!) but quickly took them off because i guess they are too big. funny that when i offer to put her shoes on she grabs them and says 'mine!' but when kai offers she's willing. hmmm. the boy who has been calling her bad zaiah and a fungi. he has this book about the human body and one section talks about things that grow in our body, one being fungi. he was quickly facinated by this word. we talked about how there is good fungi and bad fungi. this is his favorite word lately for zaiah when they are squabbling.

the other day we were in the car, and he stated to zaiah "YOU are a fungi ..... and (with a whisper so i wouldn't hear ;) ) not the good kind zaiah. " i was cracking up inside.

kids playing and creating

(birthday cake for daddy: carrot cake with cream cheese frosting and chocolate chips.)

sick, sick, sick

yes, we've all had our rounds of sicknesses lately. so there's not much to blog about. you don't want to see pictures of green noses, runny diapers, grouchy kids, do you? we all are better now, but really i have nothing to report. we had a few days of really warm weather and playing outside. today we're freezing, under 40 degrees.

i am happy to report that we are finally starting a vegetable garden this spring after being here for 4 years. every year, i've said this is the year to start. and then the year goes by. i have kai on my back now. he's so hilarious. when we started planning what to grow he requested almost all things he doesn't like (tomatoes and potatoes). tell me how i birthed two kids who do not like potatoes. not any way - baked, mashed, boiled, fried. it's epic i tell you. i could eat a vat of them every day, any way. i'm always buying and cooking them hoping some day maybe they will break.

i'm looking forward to the growing process, and to share some of our garden successes and failures, etc. with you. right now i'm killing off the grass in the back in a roughly 6'X10' plot. i covered it with a tarp and i'm hoping that it will die in a few weeks then we can just till. anyway, the seeds we ordered and hopefully will grow are: tomatoes, potatoes, carrots, squash, beans, peppers, chard, broccoli, pumpkins. too much you say? andy thinks so.