A Monday hurtling towards vacation...

At least, I hope it will continue to feel like that.  The vacation starts the 17th, hoping for zoo on the 20th.  I haven't heard anything yet about my interview for the promotion... we'll see.  Either way, things will continue.  Trying to organize a little bit, think about what we really want to accomplish with the garden, what I need to sew for school and household.. how to get over this sinus cold for good etc.  Little things with long tendrils.

We've been watching 'Rough Science' that Grandma loaned us.  It is a PBS series about scientists dumped into an abandoned workshop and told to make specific goals happen.  Esme surprisingly likes it.  We watch 'Fringe' and that is a 'science-r movie' she does not like too much.. we watch this series and she is asking questions and cheering them along.  She told me she needed to find a cup of water in the bathtub, like the science-rs (we're working towards scientist, but it hasn't taken yet) were trying to find water.  She loves it when they put things in pots and cook them, and the electronic gadgets they build.  We should dig up our Junkyard Wars again and have her watch that again.

Continuing the self-sufficiency thing with Esme.  Pouring cereal this morning from start to finish, putting on her own headband using the mirror instead of screaming about it.  Critical thinking skills, stick-to-it-iveness, 'you're growing up'...  She's taking it about as well as she can - she is so prone to frustration when something doesn't go her way...

Sweet peas, green beans and a baby zucchini out of the garden this morning...just enough for a one person meal mixed with a little chicken, garlic, olive oil and paprika.  The flowers are very pretty - the gladiolus and zinnias are getting ready to bloom.

Very simple dishcloths for my lunch box and a table mat for Esme's table for when she eats supper...