Pictures from the past and present and summer

I have really wanted to put some pictures of the garden on the blog. Mostly so you know that I am actually growing a garden and not making things up. Here are some pictures of my pretty little plants. This was last week, they are much bigger now.

Spinach

Basil

Bush beans

Watermelon

I also want to show you a picture of Lucy and me at the Swamp Bats game. Lucy is getting so big. I feel like she is half of me now (except she is not..not even close!). Jimmy was there because they were advertising for his work, we were there to enjoy some baseball and spend time with him. It was a very nice night. 

You may have noticed in the last post her sad looking face. Sad because she got Impetygo a bacterial infection, that I am told comes either from hanging around other kids, or eating dirt. Since it has been mostly Lucy and me at home, and we do dabble in the garden quite frequently I think I will go with the later explanation of how she contracted this infection. Though her face looked quite terrible, her spirits were high.
Would you like some proof of Lucy's dirt eating habits? No problem, she isn't shy about her addiction. Needless to say she will stay away from the garden for a few days.

Summer has been so nice these last few days. It was forecasted to be in the 90s today and yesterday. Thankfully Nelson has a fabulous wind, and I feel like we lucked out and enjoyed lovely weather. And of course we went swimming a few times, which keeps Lucy happy and cool.

Lastly, I signed up for another half marathon. It is on a trail in September. I am really excited and nervous. Training starts on Monday. And get this, Jimmy is going to do a 5 mile race the same day. He got some new running shoes, and kind, sweet man that he is, decided he would like to run with me a couple days a week. That is love my friends. 

Photo time

I am so glad we had the opportunity to see Grandma Marie, Dean and Grandma Nancy  this last weekend. The unfortunate part of the weekend was that Lucy got a bacterial infection that made her look extremely miserable. However she thought life was amazing and was happy all the time, even though we had to keep her from playing with her cousins. We love her so very much. 

Here are a few pictures from the weekend:

Fifer's Day, and gardening, and visiting, and...

I am slightly behind on this blogging thing. I have really wanted to blog, but I keep thinking of other things to do instead, like sit and watch movies... Yeah, I totally have my priorities straight!

So let's recap, and then I will put up some pictures tomorrow, because I don't have the camera with all the good pictures.

Last weekend was Fifer's day. I ran the Fifer's day race. It was 4 miles. It was a little hot. It was fun. I also got a nice green shirt with the words "Fifer's day 2012." I feel like I have been initiated into some really awesome Boxborough club. Next year I hope I can defend the Cooprider name by getting 1st instead of 2nd place in the race. We will see.

Lucy had an awesome time, especially when she decided that country folk band music is her favorite music. She danced like she had never danced before. It was one of those times where I hated myself for not getting it on camera. I love her. Hopefully we can go next year.

And here is the part where I am going to talk about Nelson and Gardening (I have always been better with outlines...)

Back in Nelson Lucy and I have been enjoying the garden. And by enjoying I mean we are having fun seeing little plants sprouting from the ground. Currently we have bush bean, watermelon, spinach, basil, cilantro, and pumpkin that have sprouted and show potential. I am so very excited. I check them everyday, just to see how much bigger they get. Gosh, I didn't know growing vegetables from seed would be so fulfilling. Sorry mom for possibly being a stinker about wedding when I was younger. I really do love gardening now!

In a somewhat related note, we took Lucy strawberry picking. She LOVES strawberries. Once I took her out of the backpack, she went to town on the low laying berries. She even did a great job at picking only the ripe ones. Her face was completely covered, as well as the shirt she was wearing. Thankfully the owners said they account for eaten berries in the price. We were fully prepared to pay more....she ate that many.

Transition here (I was always so bad at transitions...)

It has been awfully hot these last few days so Lucy has participated in some water activities. We have found out she does not like the sprinkler and she loves to swim in lakes, ponds and kiddie pools. Maybe it has something to do with her love of the bath. Sprinklers kind of take her by surprise, whereas pools, lakes and ponds can be controlled (in a manner of speaking). Today we spent part of the day in Grandma Coop's kiddie pool. The water was a bit chilly, but she loved standing in it. Turns out she also loves filling her diaper when she is playing the water. That kiddie pool was emptied very quickly!

Ehem....new topic starting now. Gosh, when you forget to blog there are just way to many things to write and none of them seem to go together. I am sorry.

We visited my almost 101 year old great grandma a day or two ago. She is one of the most amazing people I know. She still talks coherently, jokes about doing the hoochie coochie and loves giving us hugs every time we see her. This time was pretty momentous. It was just Lucy and me. If there was anything going for my grandma it is her short term memory. She doesn't remember what you said at the beginning of a conversation and therefore will ask you the same questions over and over again. I was well prepared for this. The last couple of visits she has been having a hard time with knowing Lucy's gender, even though we would remind her, she would forget. Well, this visit she acknowledged Lucy's name as we walked in, AND she called a girl throughout the entire visit. Apparently Lucy was looking very feminine that day... Let's not mention the amount of times she thought Lucy was going to fall because she forgot that I told her she had been walking for almost 2 months. My great grandma is so fun.

Ending now.

I am sure I have missed a gazillion events. Like the birthday celebration we had a the Coopriders and Lucy's love of Bailey (continued), and my sizzler races, and current Lucy words (which are "dog," "ball," "car," "daddy," and "book," -- plus all her random gibberish that sounds like conversational speech), and I give up. There is so much more.

Maybe next week I will write about the grandmas visiting and the wedding. Yeah, I am writing myself a note in this blog.

She is destined to be photogenic like her mother!

it's been a little while

I can handle her driving this...

I have been negligent. I am trying to think of things that have happened in that last couple weeks. I come up blank until I realize that we did have a Lucy shindig at the Cooprider's last week. That was fun. Lucy always has such a nice time with her cousins. They run her ragged. Thank you! She always sleeps so well at night after a play date with the Cooprider girls.

I have been running some short races, which have kicked my toosh. Gosh the hills around here are brutal. I hope I will be ready for the Fifers day race. And...I finally planted something in my family's garden. Spinach, carrots, cilantro, lettuce and basil. Until we get some more soil, that is what have. Lucy has had her fill of dirt. It doesn't make sense to me how much she loves the tastes of dirt. She puts fists of it in her mouth.

Jimmy has been BUSY. Between making trips to Brattleborough and conferences he is learning a lot about mediation and restorative justice. It seems like a great fit for his personality. We will see where the jobs lead us next year.

And that is life as of now.