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Here comes the cold

Posted on October 16, 2009 12:00 am by TheAngelForever

Thursday morning, we officially had to break out the winter coats for the boys. It was below 30 degrees when NHL left for school and the high was barely going to make it into the upper 40’s. Of course that would not be too bad, but the wind has made it seem even worse. We bought NHL a new new coat at the end of last season when his old coat’s zipper broke and could not be fixed, but the new one barely fits him. It is fine for now, but we’re not sure if it will make the entire winter.

After TechyDad took NHL to school, I went digging to find the new coat that we bought JSL last year. I pulled it out of the bag from the store and tried it on him. It is a little big, but should be good for the cold months ahead. He loved wearing it around today. In fact, he complained when I tried to unzip it at the grocery store and remove his hands from the built in mittens. It was so warm and cozy that he fell asleep when going to school to pick big brother up from his after school club.

Here is the little guy modeling his jacket.

1. Personal nose warmer, 2. Hands are covered, 3. Shy guy ready to go

Now I just need to buy some new yarn to knit him a new scarf, check on the boots and snow pants for both boys and decide if I can get a new coat for myself.

So my question to you this week:

Are you ready for the cooler/cold/freezing weather? See covered most of the bases no matter where you live! If you are not ready, what do you still need to get?

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Thanks to Kailani at An Island Life for starting this fun for Friday. Please be sure to head over to her blog to say hello and sign the MckLinky there if you are participating.

Aloha #70

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Bunnies, birds and hail

Posted on July 23, 2009 4:38 pm by TheAngelForever

Each year we seem to have our issues with plants and flowers that we try to grow. Two years ago we tried sunflowers and a bunny family attacked them. We bought some natural pepper spray to keep them away. Last year we planted some more sunflowers and lily plants in pots on our front patio. Although safe from bunnies, the neighborhood flock of birds seems to enjoy destroying them.

We have been discouraged, but have never given up trying new things each year. In April for Earth Day we planted some daffodils and then soon after more gorgeous lily plants. The daffodils did really well until the heat wave at the end of April and start of May. The flowers went away, but we knew that next year we would have more gorgeous flowers. Unfortunaltely, that pesky bunny family is back. They have destroyed the daffodil plants and even the bulbs were pulled up. Grrrrr!

After we were home from Disney World we decided to try planting some other items in big pots on our patio. At first we bought two tomato and one jalapeno plants. Then NHL and JL went out and bought a zucchini, cucumber and peppermint plant to add to the mix. Thanks to the constant rain, and even some hail (seen below), the plants have had a tough time.

JL has replanted a few of them several times because they were way too saturated and smelling like sulfur. To our amazement, the jalapeno plant has been quite hearty. It has grown nicely and we have already picked our first pepper. Check them out here:

1. Pepper and cucumber plants, 2. Ready to be picked, 3. Spicy find in our plant

The cucumber plant has been hit really hard, along with one of the tomato plants. The odd thing is the cucumber plant has gorgeous flowers each morning in recent days. The other tomato plant has a lot of flowers, but nothing visible in the fruit department just yet.

Two days ago I took a closer look at the zucchini plant and noted that there were the start of five or more little vegetables growing. They really are so cute!

1. Zucchnini plant, 2. Baby zucchnini

With any luck the weather will cooperate a little more, the animals will stay away and soon we will have some fruits and vegetables that are home grown to enjoy. For now I will continue to enjoy the gorgeous Tiger Lillies that are also spreading along the side of our house.

Who knew, I actually like something that is orange!

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Summer finally arrives…for now

Posted on July 18, 2009 9:49 pm by TheAngelForever

This summer has been a wild ride. It has rained almost every day. The sun barely has time to come out before another storm is passing by the area. Seriously, it has not felt like summer some days. Not only do you need a jacket to walk outside in the morning, but by late day temperatures are hardly into the 70’s. Sure, our AC units are not cranking away as much as we may need them and the humidity has not been up to the usual pea soup. Still, it would be nice to be able to go outside more and let the boys have fun during this so called summer.

Today the sun actually came out and it was warm enough to take out the kiddie pool for the boys to play in. NHL had gone in it the other day while JSL was napping. Today, we made a point to try to keep the little guy awake to go in the pool for some fun in the sun. When we got home from some errands, JL got the pool ready. Meanwhile, I took the boys into the house to get them in their bathing suits and sun lotion.

The water was quite cool from the hose. My toes decided they were not going in, so I was the designated photographer of the fun. At first, the boys just had fun playing with the water and watching it.

Then the little guy decided to try to splash his big brother. Not a really smart thing to do considering NHL had the much larger bucket, but what can you do? Clearly, JSL will learn since he is only two.

Of course, another thing the little guy needs to learn is NOT to drink pool water. ICK! Who knows what was in that sucker in reality. Oh, and the more we told him not to. . . it became a game.

Soon, JSL learned how to maximize his water spray to make more fun water displays.

The really big kid had fun playing with the boys in the pool. Of course, he decided to rain on JSL’s parade.

Soon, both of the boys were ganging up on JL and getting him soaked. NHL had the easiest job of this thanks to the big buckets of cold water!

After a few too many buckets from NHL, JL decided to get NHL back. I don’t think he was completely expecting this.

A special thanks to Mimi for the fun new pool toy that the boys enjoyed.

All three of my boys had a fun time soaking in the sun rays for several hours in our front yard. With any luck, this will not be yet another tease from Mother Nature.

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Craving some sun this summer

Posted on July 2, 2009 9:11 am by TheAngelForever

Right now the rain song from Winnie the Pooh is stuck in my head.

The rain rain rain came down down down
In rushing, rising riv’lets,
‘Til the river crept out of it’s bed
And crept right into Piglet’s!
Poor Piglet, he was frightened,
With quite a rightful fright.
And so, in desperation
A message he did write.
He placed it in a bottle
And it floated out of sight.

It seems like it has been raining here forever. Flood watches are posted for all over the area and it scares me. Our basement has flooded before when the rain backs-up in the archaic city sewer system. Needless to say that is not a charming thing to find when you head to do laundry.

Trying to entertain two little boys in such nasty weather has proven to be a challenge. If only there was a little sunshine. If the sun would come out like we had on Saturday while visiting Uncle I, Aunt M and Cousin S the possibilities would be endless. The boys would be able to splash in their little pool like Cousin S was doing:

We would be able to take out lots of water toys to keep them busy for hours of fun in the sun (with sun screen of course):

NHL could perfect sprinkler running some more. This would certainly be something easy for me to set up and let the boys do on a warm and SUNNY day.

Another perk is my Vitamin D deficient self could obtain some natural Vitamin D from the sun. Of course, it would also help these white legs to look a little less vampire like while outside. I’m a fan of Twilight, but well I could easily blend in with Edward and family. Do not adjust your monitors, I really am this pale and sadly do not tan.

With any luck the seven day extended forecast will be incorrect and we may actually see more sun than rain, but I will not be holding my breath over here.

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Lovely lilies and tulip treasures

Posted on May 2, 2009 4:31 pm by TheAngelForever

On all of my visits to Walk Disney World, I have never seen the EPCOT International Flower and Garden Festival in person. Our upcoming trip will be the first time that I will have the opportunity to see the amazing displays that only Disney could create. I have often sat and looked at photos that others have taken and marveled at the creations. Soon, it will be our turn to take photos to share with others.

Until that time I will have to be satisfied with our new flowers. Last week during the 80-90 degree freakish heat, our tulips finally opened and we planted some new lily plants. Of course the poor daffodils did not fair so well by mid week. So for now, I invite you into our little flower garden.