Bran Flakes

Just wanted to share this picture of Ethan trying to take care of himself. We had already finished breakfast and I had gone upstairs to get ready for the day. As I'm up stairs I hear the sound of a crinkling cereal bag and head over to take a look at what's going on. By this time Ethan had already grabbed his used cereal bowl and spoon off the counter, found a box of Bran Flakes, emptied the entire box into the bowl and was shoveling it in, sans milk. Maddie was also joining in the affair by cleaning up anything that didn't make it into his bowl. When I went down to confront him on the situation he was just so proud that he was able to help himself that I just didn't want to take the wind out of his sail by saying that he shouldn't do that. So, I just sat by and watched while he got his daily dose of fiber.

Our First Squash

When Jairo and I bought our first home in Utah my plan was to get the yard in order and plant a garden. Well, we moved before we finished getting the yard in order. So, we've now been here in Washington for 4 years and I finally started a garden! I admit, it is quite small, but at least I finally got something started. I planted tomatoes, summer squash, zucchini, and red peppers. I got started a bit late so I used starts for all of the plants and the zucchini didn't make it past the first week. I was actually shocked by this as you always hear how easy it is to grow zucchini. So, I wasn't holding out much hope for the rest of my plants, but luckily all of the other plants have done well. Here is our first squash. Yum!!