My little Miss AnnaBelle Farrar celebrated her 3rd birthday at home this past Saturday. It was a nice family get together and both kiddies are still playing hard with the new toys.

She's wearing her glasses regularly, now. But yesterday morning when I walked downstairs I found them, one stem badly bent, on the couch, and she was nowhere to be found. I couldn't believe that I was able to bend them back. Whew!! We're going to get a back up pair in the next couple of weeks.

The weather this week has been like winter. We had sleet over the weekend and rain into yesterday morning. I headed north to the dental school and pancreatitis clinic at VCU/MCV and there was such an electric mood around the medical campus. The dental school was decked out in black and gold and balloons exclaiming, "Final Four Bound". That game against Kansas was one of the best I have seen in a long while! Looking forward to the game, Saturday.

Nathan is learning how to shoot the 410 in anticipation of spring turkey hunting season. Va Youth Hunt is this Saturday. He and Daddy George are ready!

This blow up basketball was a birthday gift to AnnaBelle from my Dad. We have had tons of fun playing with this, laughing one evening until both of them had the hiccups.

To Everything, Turn, Turn, Turn

I could just kiss that dirty little face. She got her new glasses today and when we got home and outside to play she took everything in, glancing up and down and all around taking in what she has missed since....who knows? I am feeling some serious "mother guilt" especially when I looked through her glasses and got extremely dizzy. I am so thankful to God above that she can now see clearly. She fell asleep with them on tonight.

The chickens have arrived! We bought them yesterday, 4 hens. We're hoping to get a rooster later in the week. They have already laid 3 eggs.

My future astronauts!

I am coaching Nathan's tee-ball team this year. They had so many sign up that they had to make 2 teams. I'm having a great time teaching them basic skills and learning in the process. Learning that I have more patience than I thought! I wish I could recruit a couple of more coaches (parents) to help out. Terry and I will give it our best shot once game time starts.

The warmer weather has ushered in spring. And there is a horrible rumor that we'll return to winter next week with a chance of snow in the northern part of the state----oh the humanity!

The Waiting Game and the Globetrotters

I'm a lover of nature, as a steadfast Taurus I have a love of its beauty and its bounty. And this time of year always leaves me impatient. We're able to plant early crops like potatoes, spinach and garden peas. But we have to wait on the bedding plants like broccoli, collards and lettuce.

So we wait a few weeks and then we'll plant them but like this little girl I am ready to dig in the dirt. I've been reading up on Apiculture and am hoping to start my hives next spring. I want to take a class this summer/fall and I have a lead on a mentor in the area who can readily help me out. I want to harvest the honey and in turn the pollination will help our garden. This year we are planting the entire small garden in flowers, something we have never done before in an effort to attract more bees of which we lacked last year. When I am ready next early spring I'll purchase around 60,000 new bees from a farm in Roanoke to start my hive.

Pizza Night at Woodland was this past Saturday. They always love this meal and any meal that they can participate in making.

And Sunday Nathan and I saw the Harlem Globetrotters at the Ted Constant Center in Norfolk. The last time I saw them was in 1972 and they consisted of the infamous Meadowlark Lemon and Curly and they capitivated me with the ball handling skills while "Sweet Georgia Brown" echoed in the background. We had great seats and they interacted with Nathan and other kids sitting near him.

Now there are 4 teams and in addition to the show held in Norfolk Sunday, they had another show in Charlottesville, Raleigh and Atlanta. They were entertaining and we had a great time, but I think we had more fun running through the sheets of rain back to the parking garage. We looked like a couple of drowned rats when we got into the truck.

Another Milestone

Where has the time gone?

She'll be 3 in 26 more days.

And today I signed her up for preschool in the fall.

Don't let that grin fool you.

Good luck Wakefield UMC Preschool. This one is going to "rock your world".