A certain little boy celebrated a certain not so little birthday. Harper is officially a three year old, and loves to share that fact. When we celebrated with Erin the weekend before, he was very disappointed by the lack of balloons. When his Uncle Kenny called and asked what he wanted for his birthday, he said “Balloons!”

So after he went to bed the night before his birthday, I snuck off and got a little balloon bouquet. In the background, you can see his banner, the banner I created for his first birthday. I made it sturdy – I hope we can use it for years to come!

 

Is there anything sweeter than a fresh picked strawberry on a gentle spring day? My Harper is a pro – can you believe he’s not even three, and this is his 3rd year picking strawberries? He’s very good at it. Corbin will learn next year, although he’s already learned how tasty the outcome is!.

 

Tom and I dropped the boys off at playcare so that we could go to Easter Vigil at St Mark Catholic Church the night before Easter. Though I can’t partake in the Eucharist, I figured it wouldn’t be sacrilegious to do the baptism renewal. The first hour of the service was conducted in the dark, which felt so fitting as it reminded me of the darkness of heart the disciples had to have been feeling when Christ was dead and sealed in a tomb. Their hopes, their faith, their beliefs dashed upon the rocks.

And the second half of the service was brightly and wonderfully lit in the celebration of the Resurrection.

Easter morning we celebrated at the Methodist church, which was fantastic as well. We went to the contemporary service, which had upbeat, modern songs of praise, worship, and the tone of the service was one of excitement. It was a great contrast to the somber service of the night before.

It was here we got this quick family pic. Not the best, but the more people you add to a picture, the harder it is to get a good shot!

  

My back porch garden is done, thanks to these instructions:

 http://www.josho.com/gardening.htm

From left to right, I am growing green peppers, tomatoes, and zucchini. You can see the drinking safe plumbing pipes in the corners. A neighborhood 12 year old helped me create the last one (on the right). They are growing well, and I water them every other day or so, a gallon at a time.

Below, you can see oregano, basil, rosemary, and spinach. We’ve got enough spinach that I’ve been adding it to Corbin’s food for extra nutrients. I hope that my other vegetables come to fruition too!

 

 

We had a wonderful Easter weekend. We began with going to our church’s Easter egg hunt. I love that our church begins the hunt with a telling of the Easter story. I don’t know why, but I have a hard time explaining God to Harper, aside from using children’s Bibles to retell the story. I’m thankful that someone had a good way to explain Easter to Harper.

Once the story was finished, we went outside and watched Harper gather eggs. It was a fun time for all of us!

 

Harper loves to have his picture taken. I was using the camera, and he climbed over the couch and onto my back “Take my picture, Momma, take my picture.” So I did.

Harper loves the camera and will jump in front of it at any time. Corbin on the other hand, is so startled by it that all his pictures look like this:

I have recently discovered that I need more pictures of me, tom, and general life because I have mostly picture of just the boys! I’ll work on it, I promise!

 

I am attempting a container garden this year. On my back porch of my apartment. I’ve got seedlings growing in my living room, and I need to make the containers to hold them in. You can apparently use large Rubbermaid containers to make a planter with a large water reservoir to help ensure proper watering.

I’ve never really grown anything before, so wish me luck!!