VeganMom...stumbling through life

Thank god the plant sale is over! This is Mark after the plant sale. We were visiting my parents, and because he wasn't moving, he was sleeping. Luciana had a little fun during his nap. This weekend was his first off in weeks! He spent Saturday with Luciana on an adventure. It's been a while since they were able to go on one. They played mini golf, drove go karts and went through the arboretum. Today she spent most of the day playing with Hunter. I am feeling very Luciana deprived this weekend. :(

L & Hunter were working on building a pond in his back yard. They dug up a pit and used saran wrap to try to contain the water. It kept them very busy throughout the afternoon. She's really into ponds (and of course the accompanying fish, turtles, and frogs). She's determined to start building our pond this spring. We just got a ton of library books for her to read about pond building. She will research and take notes all winter and hopefully be ready for that as one of her big spring projects for school.

Last night we went out for date night. Mark planned the evening out and I had no idea what we were doing. We went to one of our favorite Indian restaurants. We had great food but not the best service. Service does tend to be kind of hit or miss there, but the food! The food makes up for it! We then went to see Reefer Madness - The Musical. It was absolutely fabulous. One of the lead actors was also a lead actor in The Complete Abridged Works of Shakespeare, which we saw there last year. He was completely different yet equally good in both roles. I wouldn't have recognized him if Mark hadn't pointed it out. He's so much better with faces. The play was much funnier than the movie (which we enjoyed) and was very well done. I'm so glad we were able to go. Dej would have loved it; we both commented on that last night.

M & I lucked out while sitting on the back patio on the swing this evening. We had a ruby-throated humming bird snacking on the blue salvia on the deck for quite some time. It was so cool to be able to watch her for that long at that close range. It was almost like being back in San Diego for a minute. We've had more hummers this year by far, and I'm not sure why. We have basically the same array/quantity of plants, and I still haven't put the feeders back out. Maybe it's another side effect of global warming. At any rate, we are all enjoying having so many this year, after my failed efforts of years and years to draw them here with feeders!!