We've been blessed with sunny weather and perfect temperatures these past couple of weeks. My pink peonies are finally blooming and I trimmed off several this week, enough to fill two vases. They are so lovely and make the house smell wonderful, they are definitely my favorite flower.
We also have been thrilled to see our mini garden thriving. We potted three tomato plants and four pepper plants and will hopefully harvest in a few months and make some delicious salsa.
Last weekend Jeff planted some arborvitaes along the fence line in our backyard and had to keep pulling out huge rocks from the soil. Most were large but not too big that he couldn't move them himself. This one below, however, is gigantic, probably over 300 lbs and Jeff used his truck wench to pull it out. When we rinsed it off with the garden hose we discovered an engraving on one side of the stone which reads: June. 3d. 1902. We reasoned that it was probably a homestead marker for some settlers back at the start of the century. It such an amazing find and such a unique part of history. We plan to add it to our landscaping in the backyard near where it was discovered.
Nicholas is over his two-week cold virus and is back to his normal, joyful self. A few days after his sixth birthday, his awesome high-low base and new seating system was delivered, but he wasn't feeling up to sitting in it. Finally, on Monday this week he felt up to relaxing it in for a couple of hours.
It's such a nice chair for him. We were running out of seats on our small-ish sofa since Nicholas is so darn tall now, so it's wonderful for him to have his own place to sit that is comfortable and all his own. I also appreciate the convenience of raising and lowering the chair with ease. Nicholas likes to go low to the ground to play with Ella, watch his new cars spin around the race track, listen to books read aloud by mommy, and use his eye gaze system. When the chair is raised up he can join us for dinner, help me cook in the kitchen, watch movies, and talk with mommy and daddy and other adults that visit.
Today Nicholas had his well-child check-up at the pediatrician's office and he weighed in at a whopping 41lbs! No wonder he feels so heavy to lift these days. His high-low chair will also be great for moving him around the house since it's on wheels.
He also lost his third tooth this morning. I cannot believe that the tooth fairy is visiting our house for the THIRD time! I am always amazed at how quickly these two kids of ours grow and change and cherish so many of these milestones and magical moments.
Ella loves to ride her bike all the time and constantly asks Jeff to take off the training wheels so she "can go really, really fast!" Jeff and I always chuckle when she asks and explain to her that she still needs some practice with them on the bike before her daddy will take them off.
