April in Our Home
I feel like April is often one of the busiest months of the year, and it was certainly a fun and busy time for us. Our homeschool group wrapped up for the school year, which was bittersweet, but I am enjoying the break. We finished off the year with a live concert from our kids’ favorite musician and some ice cream. I am enjoying leisurely planning and preparing for the fall for both kids, and slowing our pace down a bit. This is Bud with his partner for his egg protector project (the egg broke):
I wrapped up another Bradley series full of great couples (I think one of my favorite things about teaching is meeting all these neat people), and I just started another series. Actually, I have two series going on now, demand was so high that I have two full classes. Since this is my last time to teach this year, it works out well, but we’ll see how teaching twice a week goes for our family. I’m shopping for some new birth and breastfeeding videos, so if anyone has a recommendation, I would love to hear it. I also got to give a lecture on breastfeeding basics for an OB class at the nursing school at A&M. That was quite the experience, I was so nervous, but it was fun.
Our garden is in full-swing. We have been eating broccoli at least twice a week (Thomas is loving this, no, not really), and we have a lot of green tomatoes and a baby cauliflower out there. We will be harvesting carrots, onions and potatoes soon, Lord willing. I think our garden is really aching for some rainwater these days, everything is about sick of all this tap water.
I like this picture which shows the fun that can happen when planting with little ones. You will notice a cucumber plant and a carrot or two growing in the midst of our onions.
Wow! Your garden looks great! I only got 2 broc. heads this year. But that’s the best I’ve done so far! This was my first year to start broc. as a seedling instead of by seed. It did better than when I start by seed. Maybe it’s my seeds? Don’t know. What did you guys do? Seeds or seedlings?
Also- I’m so impressed with you teaching at an OB class! That is fantastic! It makes me happy to think that those nurses will be so well informed when they are in the hospital. No preaching formula first!
You are so sweet, Mandi. We started our broccoli from seedlings this year. I have done it from seed, but you have to start it so early, and I always forget. After you cut the initial heads, you get a lot of side shoots, which is what we have been feasting on for the past few weeks. I’m amazed that they are still producing in this heat, but with 8 plants, I get enough side shoots for a side dish twice a week. So, don’t give up on them yet, maybe there will be a few more mini-heads in there?