Plants

After our travels from last week, L4 returned back to work for the week. We were all a little tired because we got up early, played hard all day, and stayed up too late while we were gone. We tried to make the best of being with our siblings and parents. The Boy came home with a cold that he has been nursing all this week. He has a cough and a snotty nose. He is taking 3-4 hour naps each day and sleeping at least 10-11 hours a night. This is a lot for a boy who normally takes an hour nap and sleeps about 8 hours a night.

On Monday night for Family Home Evening, L4 decided that we needed to plant our garden. He taught how faith is like a seed, and when planted it can grow and can produce something wonderful. L4 helped us plant pumpkins, cantaloupe, and muskmelons (all seeds that we got at Monticello when we moved across the country). The Boy liked patting the soil down. L4 and I also planted seeds in little peat moss starters: tomatoes, peppers, cucumbers, sunflowers, strawberries, sweet basil, and red onions. The seeds are indoors inside a plastic tub. It is neat to see the little seedlings come to life!

Over the course of the week, we have also planted a number of vegetables outside, including broccoli, romaine lettuce, grapes, poppies, more sunflowers, cilantro, and zucchini (green and yellow). The heat comes next month so our watering will go up some next month.

L4 also got to work from home on Thursday. He is now a tele-commuter. It is nice to have him home during the day. It allows me to run quick errands (like go to the post office) when The Boy is taking a nap. He likes his new assignment. He is working on an automatic target recognition system.

On Saturday night, L4 took me on a date to see a melodrama. It was a lot of fun to go and be together. It is one of our first dates without The Boy since The Boy was born. It was a lot of fun. After the performance, they did a shortened version of “The Grand Ole Opry.”