It's Gardening Time in Arizona!

The seasons are a little earlier here in Arizona, so now is the time to start planting the colder weather crops. I took the kids to Home Depot and they each picked out seeds that they could grow. They were a little bummed that they couldn't get the watermelon and pumpkin seeds just yet, so instead chose eggplant, sugar snap peas, black-eyed peas, oregano, and carrots.

Since we haven't built our raised garden boxes yet, the kids planted their seeds in peat pellets and placed them temporarily in the little "greenhouse" we purchased. Even though the kids won't really eat anything we planted, it's still going to be fun watching their seeds grow.

P Is For Pizza

Alora's preschool, Little Learners, went on their first field trip this morning to Peter Piper Pizza. Peter Piper is kind of like Chuckie Cheese, only cleaner but with less games/rides. The kids got to see the kitchen and walk-in refrigerator, make their own little pizzas and even got to play a few games. Even though Alora didn't even eat a bite of her pizza (she claims she "hates pizza"), she loved her first field trip!

Fishing With The Cubs

Noah's cub scout group went fishing this week at one of the lakes near our house. All of the 5 cubs each caught at least one fish, making a grand total of 12 fish caught. A mallard duck was even caught and Jeremy had to cut the line just to save the poor bird.

Noah and Jeremy with one of the first fish caught.

Another one of Noah's fish.

Jackson even got in on the action and caught himself a fish.

After all the cub scouts left, I wanted to stay a little bit longer. Fishing in the sunset was gorgeous!

Good-bye Wheelchair, Hello Walker

As of this morning's follow-up appointment with the orthopedic surgeon, Noah officially can kiss the wheelchair good-bye. His new companion for the next 3 weeks will now be his walker. We had originally hoped he wouldn't need any equipment after today's appointment, but the new bone that is forming is still a little soft and the doctor would like to see it solidified a little more before he puts complete pressure on that hip. That being said, Noah demonstrated last night how he can take a couple of steps, on his OWN. Shhh... just don't let the doctor know.