TGIF

Well I successfully made it through VBS week.  I had a great time, but I must say, I have new found respect for elementary school teachers.  Managing a group of 6-8 year olds has really kicked my butt this week.  They are wonderful, lovable, but so full of energy, it's tough to keep up and not lose your mind.

In the garden, we're losing the battle with the hornworms.  Last night, I went out to pick some tomatoes, only to find that half my plants had been decimated by these fat buggers:

I think we picked off at least 10 last night and I found 3 more this morning.  They are huge - the only consolation is that they make a satisfying pop when you squish them.  Gross.  But, for the tomatoes that did survive, I've been enjoying some amazing bruschetta the past couple of nights.

It seems wrong to add some cute baby stuff to this post, so I suppose I'll just leave it for another day.  This weekend is going to be an exciting one (insert eyeroll).  Andy's signed us up for an all day investing workshop tomorrow.  In an attempt to win some major wife points, I'm going with him (after all I am the one with the economics degree).  I might cash in those points for a trip to this blueberry farm I just heard about sometime this weekend :-) I love picking fresh fruit (no matter how hot it is outside)! 

Skirts and Beets

I've been on a bit of a skirt fix lately....After making my first one, I just keep seeing wonderful fabrics that would make great skirts.  So, I made one for my best friend as a birthday present.  This one is a bit more fancy since I put a lining in it so it's not too see-through.  Couldn't pass up the opportunity to test drive it and model it for you all.

We've also been trying to persevere at our backyard farming attempts.  It's gotten so hot out, half my plants are just drying out...  Since we have no children yet, sometimes we joke and refer to our garden as our vegetable children...although if my farming success is any indication of how I will be as a parent, I think I might be an epic fail.  My cucumbers plants have grown an inch in the past 3 months and are withering in the heat...What? A couple days without water....no biggie...

But I will proudly say that I pulled up the biggest beet ever last week:

I'm pretty sure that it is half the size of Andy's head...

Maybe it will last us through hurricane season....

Eating Greens

I made a few blankets last week...and my brain shut down momentarily, so I forgot to take pictures of them before sending them off.  So instead, I'll write about my garden.

It's day 4 of my salad-for-lunch-diet.  Knowing of my inherent dislike of salad, you might ask why I am doing this to myself.  Well, back in October last year, I threw some carrot, beet, and lettuce seeds down in my garden and now I've go this:

My lettuce is now at least 4 feet tall (bet you didn't know lettuce could grow that tall), the beets are probably 2 lb a pop, and the carrots are splitting open because they are so fat.  So, my mission to eat salad is not so much to lose weight or be healthy, but to consume my awesome garden before the bugs, nasty caterpillars, and heat beat me to it...