happy days

Our garden has been such a great teaching tool.  It has amazed the girls (and me too) that with a little dirt, some warm sun, and a lot of water- things grow!  It has afforded us opportunities to talk about hard work, reaping what you sew, planning ahead, sharing with neighbors, and things of the like.  Each one of the girls has their own work ethic.  Emma loves to harvest. She digs the glory of brining in the biggest cucumber or ripest tomatoes. Hannah likes to go behind me and find the green beans that I have missed or the tomatoes I couldn't reach. Laurel loves it all.  She is perfectly content eating the leaves off the sunflowers or the blossoms on our squash.

I was talking with my Dad today about how there are different times during the day when I wish I could just freeze a moment- so that I could enjoy it a little longer. Wouldn't that be great?

For example:

Popsicles on the deck after dinner (and before bath- messy... note to self)

Or:

Reading books before bedtime.

As the children get older, I have begun to realize that they are growing so quickly.  I look around me and wonder where the time has gone?  Part of this blog, I guess, is in effort to document our days.  Our happy happy days!