Today it is Earth day.
As in , the earth.
So we plan to take the bus home instead of adding our petrol fumes to the ether, (This has nothing to do with my mum not being able to pick us up and Mr B needing the car, honest) and we have seeds to plant.
Of course this all depends on how long it takes Mr lovely electrician to mend Miss M’s light fitting which crumbled away when we tried to change it for a nice new Ikea one.
So for now I’ll leave you with something interesting I learned from Miss M today.
All about us…
Miss M: “Mum, we got very sharp teeth, very sharp nails and very heby, what’s dese called?”
Me: “Elbows.”
Miss M: “Very heby elbows.”
Me: “Oh right???”
Then she strolls away purposefully.
Hmmm, very heavy elbows, pointy teeth, sharp nails…
Could my child be part Vampire Orangutan?
Is there anyone I should inform about this?
It’s 7pm.
I’m back.
I had to cancel the electrician as we are brassic till Friday. Bugger.
But we still walked into town, came home on the bus and planted stuff.
Look…
Place compost in trays.
Get big sister to help when it starts getting a bit dull.
Push seeds into pots.
Water.
Water some more.
Bounce on trampoline till Daddy gets home.
Perfect.
And tomorrow I will tell you all about Hootin’ Anni’s pay it forward, and how you can get ’stuff’ from me for fun.
Hooray.
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April 22nd, 2008 at 3:27 pm
You’re such a fab mum, Jo. And you make me want to be better too.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:17 pm
wonderful. Love the planting photos. what did you plant? Sugar and I will be planting some seed this weekend.
I am hoping for nice weather. 
hope things are good for you…..feeling disconnected from everyone lately. not sure why…..I’m so behind in reading blogs…so that may be why.
April 22nd, 2008 at 4:32 pm
Planting seeds with my kids when they were little was one of my favorite things! We used to line baskets with plastic about a month before Easter and plant grass and flower seeds and there would be a little garden ready for them on Easter. I still love gardening. Can’t wait to see how your seeds do!
April 22nd, 2008 at 9:23 pm
So cool! I am planting my herbs tomorrow. That is the last of my plantings for the spring. Phew! I love the heby elbows! What are these…LOL! Too funny!
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:06 am
getting all muddy- looks like fun. Can I come over and bounce on the trampoline??
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:31 am
I LOVE the photos of the sweet sweet gardeners!!! And getting in the dirt…learning, being perfect in every way. Adorable.
April 23rd, 2008 at 10:03 am
What a perfect earth day. The photos of your lovely girls planting were beautiful. A great activity for earth day. Today for earth day (which I missed yesterday due to weather), I am going to medicate myself to kingdom come, get out the hoe, stick on the iPod, and get the weeds out of the rose bed if it kills me. Then feed them. Then start the thankless task of breaking up the topsoil so we can put down compost. I think I might actually get as far as the rose bed before collapsing. Happy earth day to the Misses E and M!
April 23rd, 2008 at 11:52 am
Looks like you had great help! And cute too!
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:00 pm
looks like fun…I will play!!
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:27 pm
Kim, I try sweetie. I reckon we all do ok though hon.
Corey, big hugs to you. We planted sunflowers, cress, and a mixed bag of seeds called ‘The Creepy Crawlie Mix’. I hope to clear a little space for some veg soon, but I’m glad we made a start. x
Mrs Weasley, I’ll keep you up to date.
Joe, ohhh I must plant some herbs too. Yum.
Lindy you can come and bounce any time. Seriously. It makes me giggle.
Anni thanks. They really enjoyed it I think.
Pixel I hope you get out there. Get better soon and then enjoy your hoe down.
Lisa, they were fab.
Alison, I’ll put your name in the hat.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:28 pm
don’t you worry jo. when those girls get their revenge on you for that photo by putting you in a bad home, i will race you up and down the hallways with our wheelchairs.
April 23rd, 2008 at 2:35 pm
Holl, we should get those motorized ones. I really want a go on one. Is that bad?
April 23rd, 2008 at 3:50 pm
Brassic? First sausage rolls, now brassic. What in Britain are you talking about?
July 29th, 2010 at 1:57 am
Good to see that your kids are getting involved. Looks like good fun