On the weekend we ventured into Toy Traders again, this time the whole family. Jason took off as soon as we walked in. Sara loved all the figurines of the weird Japanese cartoons and she found a figurine of Hermes from Futurama.
We spent at least 45 minutes looking and touching everything, just like kids in the toy store :). And we ended up with couple puzzles and some extras.
We are all settling into the routine and Sara is getting a bit calmer as well. She used to be such an easy going baby, she dealt with all the curve balls we threw her way. Now she plays shy when meeting people and gets very short tempered. She really missed all her daycare friends. Last year her big friend was Lucas, but now it’s Tristan. This week she played with him everyday, when she saw him on Monday she even did her happy jumps. They played with the Duplo prehistoric set and I’ve heard from Sara stories about the dinosaur eating a whale.“He is like a little dinosaur and he is friendly with everybody and he says Stooooop!!!! a lot”
This week’s “freedom hours” were spent on haircut (and highlights to hide the grey hair) and cleaning/laundry. I was also feeling under the weather,plus two nights of school created a blend of very busy schedule and one very tired body. The weather outside changed and frost covered our garden. I will try to post the funny video of Sara eating our winter kale. She misses the garden and when I saw the bare nothingness of our plot I realized how much this little piece of soil became a part of our lives.
I remember the intimidation of sowing the first seeds and the immense joy of watching the green sprouts make their way towards the sun. I have a better idea of what to grow this season. No flowers in our precious plot, just carrots, cabbage, cucumbers, beets, zucchini, peas, strawberries and raspberries. It’s starting to be a bit of a science, since I need to practise a good crop rotation to prevent disease. This year, unlike last year, I won’t bother with much of indoor starting, I will simply buy my transplants from Dave in late March and we will be ready to go. His cabbage and zucchini was a great success and so would be the cucumbers if the weather had been drier. Last year’s crop was much leaner, according to senior gardeners so I can’t even imagine how a great year look like, because from our tiny plot we get almost everything we need. I was bringing lettuce and spinach home almost every day, same for the tomatoes and we were eating so much fresh stuff. Carrots and peas never made it home, since Sara would eat them before we even left the garden 🙂
Ok the weekly post is done, now a good night sleep is needed, because one more day of work is still ahead.
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