Tooth Fairy's Comin'...

Elisabeth lost her first tooth today. Okay, let me rephrase that...Elisabeth PULLED HER OWN first tooth today!!! She's so proud and so excited that she's finally losing teeth like everyone else in her class. (She got her teeth "late" and she's in a 1st grade class as a Kindergartener, so she's younger than most of the kids in her class.) It was so cute how excited she was. I asked her how much the Tooth Fairy would bring, would it be a penny? She said, "No, dollars!" LOL I have a feeling the Tooth Fairy will be leaving a $5 under her pillow tonight! hehe

BTW--yes, it IS that warm and beautiful here in Florida right now. Come on down for a thaw if you need one!!! We'd love to have you! ;)

Another Cool Thing About Today...

Rocky, our Basset Hound, managed to get out this morning and didn't come back before Jerry left for work. He ended up being just down the street from our house when we got home, but seemed to be worn out. He and Elisabeth crashed on the livingroom floor before supper time, and Jerry took this picture. Too cute!

Loving Spring....

Welcome Spring!!! I figured that since today is the first day of Spring, I'd post a welcome to her!!!

This weekend, we got our one-acre yard mowed. That's always an ordeal since we only have a pushmower. But, we've been blessed by a really nice neighbor who has offered his riding mower whenever we want to borrow it from now on! We had about 1/4 of the yard finished when he was out in his back yard pushing his little boy on the swings and he called me over to offer the use of it. That thing is fun to drive!!! I was messing with Jerry on it by making no sense of where I was mowing (to him, anyway), it was a trip! Now on to other yard work...

My hibiscus' do NOT look as pretty as this picture because of a hard freeze we got in late February. I've got to trim all of them way back because much of them froze and died. The "flower beds" that go all of the way around the house have NOTHING planted in them. I'm going to get some Vincas, since they grow into bushes down here. I also need to replant some rose bushes that are trying to grow by the shed. I've got Canna Lilies sprouting up all over the place, so I need to replant some of them. We've got dead/dying bushes that need taken out completely, what a chore that will be. There's a sago palm that's gone crazy in reproducing itself. The thing is huge and needs to be divided, there are probably at least 6 of them growing together. I'm hoping we can do it without heavy machinery, and would love to get a couple of small sprouts started in large pots so we can take them with us whenever we buy our own place.

Along with yard work, Spring brings new beginnings right? Well, there's no better way to celebrate Spring than with some good ol' fashioned Spring Cleaning, so I guess I'm kind of in the midst of that, though it's always a work in progress. I already did Elisabeth's room last weekend. My next Spring Cleaning project is going to be the den, which is currently a storage area and unusable as it is. After that, Nick's room, which needs to be decorated and to complete the unpacking. (He still has boxes we need to sort through, so much stuff, so little time!)

Speaking of new beginnings, our church will be starting weekly services in two weeks. Jerry is starting up the youth ministry next week. Life is definitely good and we are being blessed!

Welcome Spring, and all of the newness you bring with you!!!