An Update in 3 Parts

Part One: Gardening 
I have been feeling really energetic lately and I actually being productive around here! Today I finally put some seeds into the ground. It has been a really long process with lots of baby steps. In February we had that crazy warm weather for awhile, long enough for me to tear up the yucky flower beds around the gazebo, cut down two dwarf trees and tear up the rotting logs that were acting as borders. March let me pull out those hideously heavy pompous grass clusters and turn over the soil. April was chilly and I steadily finished the back of the house mulching and de-ferning (I really hate those plants), pulled up the raspberry bushes and cut back the two dead grape vines. And this month is the time for planting!

I put in 3 tomato plants (cherry) and cilantro. I planted 1 row of bell peppers, 2 rows of spinach and a row of fennel (which I haven't ever actually used but obviously I'm planning on giving it a try) and 4 mounds of cucumbers. I'll also plant lettuce and butternut squash soon. As of yet we have no sprinkler so I'll have to hire HP to do the watering.

H got an early birthday gift from his Abueliito and Grandma...an electric lawn mower! H has graciously let us use it and I'm so glad! Our house look less and less crazy every month :)

Part Two: School and Such
We are inching toward the end of the year! Almost 20 days left of teaching, whew. This will be the end of my 2nd year here, which makes a total of 5 years teaching (in some capacity anyway). And I remember telling my Social Studies teacher in H.S. that I would never be a teacher...

Soccer is done! We finished yesterday with a loss in overtime. After seeing some truly crazy soccer over the past two months I am happy to say they really have improved. If only they wouldn't let the fact they are middle school girls get in the way of actually having fun... For now, I plan on returning to coaching next year with the boys and girls. They were two distinctly different teams. Boys B was silly, grumpy, show-boaty and didn't win once. Girls were snippy, lazy, ignorant of soccer rules, and didn't win once.

Yes, that paints an ugly picture. But there were bright moments, funny moments and actual learning of the sport. And I would do it again, so I guess that says enough.

Part Three: HP and the Fam
H is turning 2 years old May 21st. Yes, 2. He has been getting taller every day and sillier. He loves pushing Jon and I around the house (quite literally corralling us like cattle), making us all cuddle on the bed together, and holding hands. He's been much more generous with his hugs and kisses, even making me kiss and hug each of his 4 stuffed animals he sleeps with (Maximus the Bear, Bearrison the bear, Monkey, and Mr. Bear- the boy likes his bears).

He has been learning how to share with his buddy Eli and they go on weekly adventures to museums, Playworld or Chuck-E-Cheese. That lucky bum. He's really into watching Shaun the Sheep and Pingu, a Sweedish claymation series. He is still practicing every sport with a ball and would be happy to stay outside all day.

He is still a man of few words. This has caused me some concern but I'm still banking on him picking it up later (as he was a late crawler, walker, etc.). It's a little hard to hear about other little ones yakking about everything, but it will come.

And his birthday party is this Saturday! Yay!