Gardening

Well, here it is! We have finally planted our spring garden. It was a lot of work digging out those sections, tilling and making the furrows, and we still have more work to go. However, we are so excited to get this thing going. Calvin loved it, he could play outside and get into the dirt all he wanted. He helped dad get the rocks out of the garden. Now, if it will just stop randomly snowing we can watch this thing take off.
Sometimes he tried to rake and dig with the shovel, but they are a little bit big for him.
We are moving some of the plants that we started indoors into bigger containers so that they can continue to grow indoors. Calvin was a big help moving the potting soil from the bag into the cut up milk jugs.
Here are our plants growing away. We are trying some heirloom tomatoes that are supposed to be yummy, so, I hope that they stay strong.
These grew so fast! I was impressed at how well most of our seeds did in these little seed containers. They are a good way to get the plants started indoors and save a little money on plants. I just hope that they do as well when they are away from their perfect little environments!

Caught in the act

Here we have the wild Calvin in his native environment. He is eating a nutritious blend of milk, thickening agents, sugar and chocolate, and making the distinctive eating patterns so typical for his species. See how he carefully removes the blend from its container and spreads it for more easy access. He places the eating stick in his mouth and carefully masticates, using mostly gum action because this creature has very few teeth. Ahh, the joys of digestion in the wild. It is especially wild when mom turns her back to load the dishwasher!
Well, until next time on wild kingdom ...

Rock Monster

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Se1N26-BKSk

Is this legal? I don't know, but I am a B-52s fan and I thought the VeggieTales created an awesome version of a classic! It cracked me up, and Calvin really busts out his groove thing when we play it for him. So, now, everyone go out and buy The Pirates Who Don't Do Anything and I won't have to feel bad about posting an illicit link = ).

I did it!

I finished the beast! I started this thing a little over a year ago and I am finally finished. Okay, I still need to quilt and bind it, but the top is finished. It is huge! Yay! It is done!