Catching up

I haven't taken many pictures lately, but here's a little sample of what's been going on:

Peter got a new fishing hat from G&G, and Mathew made out with a new hat in the deal too.

All of the boys enjoy reading, but Peter especially likes reading to his brothers. I find them like this multiple times every day. Just does a mom's heart good.

This is the garden a couple of weeks ago. Mostly cold weather stuff in this picture, as it's been a cold spring.

The flowers are beautiful, and we got the front quarter tilled and seeded with grass.

Peter transplanted his corn in a makeshift greenhouse, and so far so good. We planted beans, tomatoes, and zucchini in similar plastic tents to protect them from the cold.

Peter read a book about a boy who made "funny food" for Mother's Day, so that's what we did too. Here's the whole family - an apple dad, mango mom, and tangerine kids sitting on a pineapple couch.

Mathew was too excited about consuming his facial features to pose for a picture...

We've had a couple of days of warm weather this week, which was certainly not wasted by any of the kids. They've come in completely happy and filthy.