Mommathon

We started a Mother’s Day tradition last year of planting our garden on Mother’s Day. Last year we planted pumpkins, tomatoes, cantaloup, watermelon and carrots. The problems is, you see, that in between last fall and this spring our little garden plot turned into a mess of weeds…more than I could tackle on my own. So, I brought in the troops.

We still didn’t get rid of all the weeds today. It was hot and we didn’t have any water and Colm got sunscreen in his eye. BUT we did manage to get rid of all of the weeds except one small corner. Next weekend we are going to rent a tiller to break up the soil that is as hard as a rock and MAYBE, just maybe actually get some seeds planted in the ground.

What are we planting? I am so glad you asked. We are planting watermelon, radishes, lettuce, tomatoes, carrots and strawberries this year. We are also working on getting some raised beds and/or some large pots at our house, too.

Colm broke his left arm in November and now it’s Liam’s turn with a broken left arm.

Liam broke his arm at school playing basketball on the playground. He broke the two bones in his arm near his wrist. They had to move his arm back into place before they could put the splint on and then we had to go to another doctor a few days later to get the cast.
Since the cast is so big he got to pick two colors, so he chose black with a red stripe. Very cool.
He will need to wear this cast for another three weeks and then HOPEFULLY, if everything is healing up like it should be, he will get that cast off and get a smaller cast that only goes up to his elbow. That cast stays on for two weeks and then he should be done with casts. So hopefully by mid-June Liam will be cast free.