Garden Girl

Here comes the Luna Hibiscus:

Tomatoes in the ground:

Arugula and lettuce:

Color Crazy

Mama doesn't enjoy making decisions. She's usually pretty good at picking her paint colors (other than that one green she tried in the kitchen...). It's been almost 10 years since we moved in and painted the living room walls (that's a record for the longest we've had one color paint in a room) and we are finally getting around to painting the trim . It's a bit intimidating with the doors/windows/built-in bookshelves. Mama went to the paint store to pick a new color for some motivation, but the owner told her not to give up on her color until after she painted the trim. Mama went home and was really glad because she's always loved the color (silver sage from Restoration Hardware) and how it changed from green to blue to gray, depending on the light. But once the old trim became bright white, the sage changed and became a dull gray-green and Mama didn't care for it any more. We picked out a few sample cards and the whole family loved a blue-gray, but it came out too dark. And so Mama tried to find a color that was similar to the old one, but a little more blue. Before she knew it, she had 7 samples on the wall. And she put a spot of each on each wall. The colors seriously looked different on each wall.

Here's CJ showing how sad she is that we can't decide:
PS - We did finally end up picking a color. We decided on atmosphere blue from Restoration Hardware. It's in the middle of the 7 colors over the fireplace and definitely more blue that what we had before. We are happy with the color and Mama was really happy with the paint. It went on easily and covered well. No worries about choosing what formula or finish. She did take it to the local paint store and had it shaken before using it. And the last paint from RH lasted 10 years without the maintenance issues we've had with some of the other brands. Hopefully we'll find that this will last as long

The After Party

After the last game, we headed over to a barbecue and potluck hosted by one of the coaches. CJ had a blast. She enjoyed the signature Voodoo Donut, hung out with the girls, played a game of "tickle Cooper" (tickling the coach's son) and showing off the medal that the coaches had made for each of the kids. Fun.

End of the Season

This was the day Mama had imagined when she signed CJ up for T-ball. It was warm and sunny with blue skies! Too warm for some families and they were seeking out shade, but today Mama and Daddy enjoyed the view from the warm bleachers. We were at one of the nicest fields and they even had a person call out names as the kids came up to bat. It was a fun season.

Mrs. Muggins

Charlie Muggins, that is. Here's CJ holding the school's mascot puppy. A little bit different than the dogs she deals with at home due to both size and age.

The Season Begins

The Farmers Market season, that is. On our way home from school we saw the Thursday farmers market had a new location. It was nice out so we pulled off and decided to check it out. We happened to run into someone we knew so we stopped to chat for a bit. While we were talking, it started to pour. Seriously raining hard. We ducked into a tent and talked for a bit til our friends decided they'd had enough and braved the weather. So CJ and Mama were stuck under this tent, waiting for the pouring rain to stop. And was it the goat cheese tent? Nope. The bakery tent? Nope. Fresh berries? Not today. It was the Charcuterie tent. And Mama doesn't eat meat. And CJ barely does. Bad choice on our part, but luckily they let us wait out the storm. Hopefully summer will be coming soon. The forecast for this weekend is looking pretty good.

Thank Yous

One thing CJ has definitely mastered in kindergarten is the art of the thank you note. This one was for Mama to thank her for going to the zoo with her school. PS - she's also mastered the use of the hot glue gun and I swear she could stand at that station all day long and glue little "blinks" to paper. When she wasn't across the room at the paper trimmer, cutting fancy paper for matting her work.