We Have Cucumbers!

So. My first attempt at gardening had mixed results this year. The squash, that I thought would do so well, got too much water and rotted out. The carrots, though they did well, were stumpy b/c we didn't dig down deep enough and the couldn't push through the clay to get longer. The peas grew okay, but there weren't that many. The cucumbers, however, really came through! I had to replant the seeds in June (they didn't take in May) and since then, they really have grown! I could hardly believe my eyes when I finally got out there today (after rain and humidity all week) and there were sooo many! I picked a dozen large ones today and that was just the first batch! Anyone know any good cucumber recipes??

Christian looked so cute in both of these pictures...I had to post them both :-).

Sunflowers and the OCM

This year we decided to plant mammoth sunflowers and morning glories between them. They turned out so cool! The morning glories wound their way up the sunflowers--which have grown to 14 ft high! Here is a picture of them! (I took the picture in the evening, so the morning glories aren't open. However, you can see their vines!)
Also, last week my mom took us to the Children's Museum. We hadn't been there for a very long time--mostly because I don't like to give in to extortion ($7 for anyone over 2? Plus, another $4/person to go upstairs to the Sesame Street exibit? Even for adults? Seriously, are the adults really having that much fun??). But, the weather was icky and so we went downtown. The kids had a really great time--dressing up, painting faces, playing house, and exploring the ball room. (We did not fork over the extra dough to go upstairs.) It was a nice morning overall though! Here are pics from the day!

Oh, What Do We Do In the Summertime...

Well, when it's raining, not only do we have swimming lessons (yes, it was crazy cold!), but we also like to have bed parties...which basically entails jumping on the bed and messing it up and then getting under the covers and pretending to sleep :-). Aren't these two guys cuties??

However, when the sun comes out (hurray for Wednesday!), we still have swim lessons (which are much more fun) but then we also...

make mud pies

play in sprinklers (shoes and all!)

and harvest some of our carrots! (Lovin' the boots!)

Rain or shine, we try and have 'lots of fun...although we do prefer the sun to be shining when we have swim lessons.