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!

Today at the park

Today was beautiful, if a little bit chilly, so, Calvin and I spent the afternoon at the park. It was a lot of fun. Calvin is all about pushing his own stroller, and today he screamed both times I put him in. He really wanted to walk and push the stroller himself. Calvin tasted the bark and dirt in two parts of the park and decided that it wasn't his thing. Thank goodness. Maybe it had something to do with the fact that I grabbed him each time and made him spit it out. I'm okay with that! The slides and the swings were a lot more fun. I can't wait until it gets a little bit warmer and we can hang out with our friends at the park.

Look at him eating!

I can't get Calvin to eat anything these days - I mean really! It is a pain, but when he does look at how nicely he does it! So some of the food enters on the spoon and some in the hand, but it mostly makes it in (as long as he doesn't toss it on the floor first). I've heard that at about a year-old kids get really picky about their food, and it would appear so. Calvin won't eat so many yummy foods that he used to eat happily. So weird. I hope that he gets back to eating one of these days.

Bang bang! You're shot!

Awhile ago Chris taught Calvin how to "shoot" with his fingers. He starts it by pointing his fingers at Calvin and making pshoo pshoo sounds. Calvin responds by shooting back and Chris pretends to die. Calvin loves this game and we all run around "shooting" at each other sometimes. Two nights ago Chris was doing this at the dinner table and after pretending to be shot Chris shot at Calvin. For the first time Calvin pretended to be shot. He threw back his head and groaned while staring at the ceiling. We busted up and I wish that I could have gotten it on film, it was classic! After he heard us laughing he knew he had something and he started adding dying screams to the mix. It was so funny. I just wish that I could have recorded it - sigh!