Green is for Garden (and monster too)

Here are some cute pictures I took recently. Kids grow up so fast and I realize that if you don't stop to take a picture or make a record, it kind of slips by and becomes forgotten. Xander is really into monsters and dinosaurs. One of his favorite books is Where the Wild Things Are. Kind of like Max, he puts on his wolf suit, only his is green dinosaur PJ's with this tale. He wears this tale in and around the house and outside with what ever clothes he has on (only he likes the green PJ's best with the green tale.) But luckily he doesn't make much mischief of one kind or another. He is a pretty nice boy and loves his sisters, especially Maggie. He recently had tonsillitis for the second time with a high fever that got up to 105.5.

Since we moved into our new house, we have a couple areas where we can plant things. The soil is bad though and while, these cucumbers may look like they are thriving, the blooms turn into little cucumbers and then die off. Maggie started these from seed and watches over them like a mother hen. This is the first cucumber to harvest and she is so proud. We chopped it up and put it in our salad. Out back we also have an eggplant which currently has 8 eggplants growing (again, Maggie checks it faithfully and keeps me up to date,) a very small lemon tree with a few lemons, a papaya tree with 2 papayas, and a guava tree. We harvested our first guava and no one really liked it. Hopefully someone will help me eat the second one that is almost ready. I hate to waste it. I've actually really taken to eggplant. It is so yummy fried and served with soy sauce (my maid taught me that) or chopped up and added to lasagna.