36 weeks!

Lying down with Zach. I get pretty tired during the day so we pulled out the air mattress for me to lie on in the living room. This way I can rest (well as much as one does with a toddler climbing on a 36week belly) and keep an eye on Zach.

We are digging up some grass in the front for beds.

Zach loves the pitchfork and shovel

Tough to see the belly in this shot, but trust me, it is big.


Playing on our new climber

Bopping about the house!

Playing with our new toy! It is a tunnel thingy shaped like an train engine

Getting trouble at mom's new computer

Wiggling outside

Playing with Medchen

We're back!

Well, we had a little computer glitch here. My laptop might be going to laptop heaven soon. Sigh.

But work and cuteness abounds around here!

First the work! The beer is bottled!

Drying the bottles
Bottling and capping


And of course, working outside. Zach is Very Helpful in moving dirt.

Andrew tilling the side yard to help control weeds

A beautiful day outside!

Andrew and I worked very hard today. Andrew moved a lot of storage stuff, and bless his heart, went to tag sales to find kid stuff.

And he came home with a cool tunnel!

Dancing with Zach!

Wiggling with Zach

Andrew is overmatched by Medchen and Zach!

Happenings in the middle of the Week

Well, Zach has been trying to walk. This has several repercussions. The first is falling. A lot. Here we are getting hugs from Daddy after going clunck. The second is massive sleep disturbances, which is why this is the first post in a while. Momma and Pappa are TIRED.

35 Weeks!

A random group of photos

Zach has been a little pouty all week. Thus, cute pictures have been in short supply!

Birds at the bird feeder

The Potato Eaters

Well, the rain continues. Blah. But, we are making the best of it.

Zach trying to make a boat to get away.

We are expecting a shipment of purple peruvian seed potatoes this week. Potatoes take a lot of room in a garden, therefore many people plant them in containers. However, I decided after looking at some gardening cataloges to make the containers! So, I went to WalMart looking for suitable material. And boy, if you are looking for industrial strength polyester, WalMart fabric department is just where to go! I found this material (it isn't fabric) that looks like it is going to work well. It's some sort of woven moderatly plasticized something. It's pretty weird.

So first, we needed to do some geometry as these are going to be round containers. I wanted them 18 inches in diameter. To calculate the sides I pulled out my trusty C=2pi(r) formula (actually I faked it and multiplied by 3 and added some for extra and a seam variance) and got 56 inches. That's how long a piece of this weird grey material I needed for the sides.

Next I made a compass with a pencil and string. Zach helped.

Then I traced a semi-circle on the material (at the fold) and cut. Zach also helped.

And then, deciding that I didn't want to subject my fancy sewing machine and needles to this stuff, I found a yarn darning needle and started stitching. Things were going along swimmingly! Then there was a small snag. You see, my compass was the least accurate of all my instruments. I measured the string, but string stretches apparently. And my resulting diameters were more like 20 1/2 inches instead of 18. Leaving a roughly 9 inch gap in the sides of my first container. Whoops! Note, that 9 inches in diameter is larger than the diameter of the head of my Very Helpful Son. So, I cut another length of fabric the correct height and width and started to sew. However, it was about 5 and both mom and Zach were in meltdown stage, so the finished product will be displayed when it's done!

Happy Spring! And 2 points to whomever can figure out where the title of the post comes from. Answer soon.