Bryn was super pumped for school a few Fridays ago. It was "sports day," where you get to wear a team jersey for school. I had gone digging and found her soccer jersey from when she played soccer at age four, and it was a perfect fit. She gave me a kiss and bounded out of the car behind Addison, turning around to close the sliding door. And then she kept standing by the car. Because her finger was closed in the door! I jumped into action and opened the door to release her finger and then had her come around to the passenger side and climb back in the car. Then we went and parked in a parking space so she could scream and cry and we could assess the damage. The finger was still straight, which was a relief, but the poor girl could not stop crying. It hurt SO BAD! So she skipped school that day and we applied lots of ice and tylenol and kept it elevated. We could tell that she'd definitely be losing a fingernail by that point. I wasn't sure about whether to take her i...

 Our garden is in! Well it has been for like a month, but give me a break already. I just had a baby. Using the vast wisdom we've gained over the years, we're taking it a little easy on the garden this year. Newborn baby years do not equal great gardening years around these parts. So we've dialed it back a little this time around. For example, instead of 20 tomato plants like we had last year, this year we've only got ten. Here's the list of what we planted. 2 zucchini 2 yellow squash 10 tomatoes (one heirloom cherry, one heirloom called "pale perfect purple." We were intrigued.) 3 cucumbers 3 watermelons, which refuse to sprout 4 rows of green beans, sprouting with various levels of success Carrots Lettuce Beets Peas (only one of which has sprouted) 4 small rows of corn 5 mounds of pumpkins, four of which actually sprouted! As of today, it's time to start weeding. Several weeks ago, really. We'll get around to it. We're excited ...