Outside extravaganza

So much to tell! I have started planting. I've always grown something. First flowers in Michigan. Then tomatoes and basil in our little townhome. Now I planted FROM SEEDS (mind you, never done that before) peas, lettuce, and tomorrow carrots and spinach. Also planted onions, and more to come. (The picture is of some of my seeds soaking).

In the past I have just added a little potting soil and planted my tomatoes. This year, I do not think that I will ever produce enough food to compensate for how much I have spent on gardening. Ah well, if nothing else, it is a wonderful excuse to get me outside, where I would much rather be. But I will still be ticked if nothing grows. Good news, my chives are perennial and came back all on their own (along with raspberries and strawberries). I love plants that do that! It gives me such joy to think that I am going to reap what I didn't even have to sow this year.

And while I am outside, I should also mention how we spent Saturday. Pretty exciting. We bought a big swingset! Bekah was disappointed that it did not have monkey bars (we couldn't find any non-wooden ones with monkey bars that weren't humongous), but it does come with a fort and climbing wall, so I think that has compensated. Rob and I spent all day Saturday building it, and he finished it in the dark after the kids had gone to bed. The kids were fantastic while we built the thing, especially at helping take care of the baby. We should have put on sunscreen, especially Rob, but are glad to have finished it. The kids were up early, already dressed in their Sunday best, begging to go and play for just a little bit. Now they can play on that while I play in my garden. Extra Vitamin D for everyone!