Busy Busy

I don't have excuses, I don't really have any stories.
Oh wait, there's this cute little monster in my house who wakes up every morning excited to see how much his bean plants have grown. He started them from seed, you see and by the third day, they were amazingly tall.

Please excuse the ugly bushes in the pictures behind the pots. I have since removed the offensive things and am still working on cleaning out all the vines.

We planted our garden in pots so that they can be rescued from the Texas heat, if need be.
I know it's not perfect, but how do you achieve perfection with an overly excited 8 year old as your "helper"?

Beans and tomatoes and cucumbers and peppers and zucchini.
We also have herbs and green onions.

Wow

I just realized it's been a month since I posted last.
Bad Blogger *smacks self on hand*
Not a lot going on in our house right now. May was a month of birthdays as always. Hubby and I both have May birthdays as does Middle Child and one nephew.
Also, I've been planning for a trip to Atlanta in July. Just me :D Well, my BFF is coming with me. It's time for PartyLite National Conference and we'll be getting to see all the stuff coming out for the Fall/Holiday season.

Hubby is on vacation next week so maybe we'll get some fun pics taken. I'm hoping to go berry picking and he wants to go to the drive in on Wednesday.
Enough babbling for now.

Cake Pops for Cancer

The Relay for Life that we participated it was a great success. The kids stayed for a little while Friday night and came back early Saturday morning to "support" me as I walked. They played video games sponsored by Best Buy and inflatables that I'm not sure who sponsored.
Tall, Dark and Goofy walked with me for 2 miles from 4-4:30. After that, we packed our stuff and headed off for breakfast.
Some booths had things to buy for more fundraising. Our booth had bracelets, CDs and cake pops that my friend and I made. If you aren't familiar with cake pops, check out Bakerella's blog. She has so many great ideas and these were so easy and fun to make.

Relay For Life

The Houston Area Relay for life is this coming Friday. I have signed up with a friend of mine to walk with the team from her boys' school.
"The American Cancer Society Relay For Life^® is a life-changing event that brings together more than 3.5 million people across the country each year to celebrate the lives of those who have battled cancer, remember loved ones lost, and fight back against a disease that takes too much."

None of my family has died from cancer, that I know of. I do know that my grandfather was a cancer survivor. Currently, my mother's good friend is dealing with the illness of her daughter-in-law that has been a long hard road.

It is sad that in these times we still lose so many people to such a horrible sickness that can be quick or horribly long.
Please consider donating to the cause at http://main.acsevents.org/goto/redheadedmama
Every little bit helps to secure the future for our children.

Mercer Arboretum and Botanic Gardens

On Monday, our home school group took a field trip to Mercer Arboretum.
It was a guided tour and the kids (and moms) learned quite a bit.

I thought I would share a few pictures of the kiddos exploring the gardens.

Tie Dye Eggs

We put the egg into the baggie and added a couple drops of each color we wanted to use.
Then we squished the baggie around the egg to mix up the colors.

The finished product looked really cool and we were very happy that we bought that kit.

Coloring eggs

Today we spent the afternoon coloring eggs with friends. Oldest Child decided not to participate. Of course, I got so caught up in coloring eggs and having fun, I forgot to pull out the camera until the end. I did get a couple of pictures of one of the tie dye eggs getting colored.
Above are the eggs colored by non redheaded children.

Here are the eggs colored by redheaded people (me included).