I found a bunch of things I'd wanted to post, so to get caught up, here we go!
First, a couple of weeks ago we rented the movie "Bandslam", on the recommendation of Justin. I'm always on the hunt for clean, enjoyable movies, and we were pleasantly surprised! It was hilarious--the story isn't a new one (nerdy high school boy doesn't fit in and finds fame), but the way it was handled was clever. If you don't like indie music (or at least don't mind it), don't bother because there is a lot of music. But no "innuendo". No bad language. Just PG clean!
Second: For Easter we made a lemon tiramisu cake. The missionaries got to eat with us--A & E treat them like idolized big sisters.
We got out the candy molds because Alice shared with me that she has NEVER had a chocolate rabbit, and the other kids at school said she was deprived. I realized she was right. Those molds hadn't been used in a LONG time (probably since we moved TO France).
So we made milk chocolate rabbits (out of milk chocolate chips)
and the girls seemed to like them a lot.
Within a few days they had all disappeared (and the dark chocolate lovers-- i.e, Kevin and myself, didn't bother them).
Next: On April 1st, i got the peas planted. This is earlier than typical (by about 6 weeks). Some years we don't get the garden planted until Memorial Day.
And they poked out of the ground this weekend. Just in time for a possible freeze. But all seems well.
Fifth: The rabbits over the winter did a lot of damage to the arbivitae bushes. Some now look like trees while some others still have some of their lower brances. Sad.
But there is an upside.
With more sunlight around the bases, the daffodils that haven't bloomed for the past few years are blooming profusely this year.
They had been planted back when the bushes were smaller and as the bushes began crowding them I planned to dig up the flower bulbs.
But never got around to it.
Now I'm glad that I didn't.
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