When we bought our house there was an old falling apart shed in the backyard, the terms of the sale included the removal of that shed. This left us with a rather large low spot in the yard, and I know in my last post I mentioned how it rained less in this part of the state, but that does not mean it doesn't rain. The combination of the spring rain, and the sump pump hose emptying into the low area meant a regularly flooded yard. To solve this problem one sunny day my husband ordered the 12 cubic yards of dirt, unfortunately he was driving one child somewhere and I was busy with another so the neighbor was nice enough to move the fence for the dirt company. This left the placement of the dirt up to the driver of the truck, and in the end we needed to move the entire pile about 15 feet.
After a bit of debate, and a slightly less than enthusiastic husband (who in the end turned out o be more hungry than grumpy)we decided the next day would be perfect for spending a whole lot of time shoveling dirt. So we ate dinner, settled in to watch some M.A.S.H and fell asleep.
The next morning was sunny at first and with a less than pleased volunteer (gwen) watching the little ones Neil and I set out with a wheel barrow (with a flat tire), two shovels, and two metal rakes to level out the yard. As the morning wore on the wheel barrows tire became more flat, Gwen cried, it rained and hailed, but after four or five hours we got the pile moved, the dirt raked, fenced off, and seeded with grass seed.
Now we just wait, dreaming of a large lawn, and a soon to be garden area.
Some what more recently and more importantly, baby Mia got her first love letter.
Once a week we go to the library for story hour. My kids are some of the worst at sitting still, but at least right now that is not the topic. Not every week but most weeks there is a mom that brings her one little girl and three little boys. The middle boy, who must be about four is head over heals for baby Mia. He runs to her each week as soon as he sees her. The little boy always has the biggest smile for her, and often tells me how cute she is. He sits with her while she does puzzles and follows to make sure she doesn't put little bits of things off the floor in her mouth. All in all its pretty adorable. And Mia seems to like him just fine, but does not favor him in the same way.
I suppose that today I am not really putting down a recipe but more just sharing Kiki's favorite lunch.
Rice with eggies and soy sauce (and sometimes veggies if I cut them up really really small)
Cooked white rice
minced ginger
chopped scallions
toasted sesame seed
cooked eggs (we usually go with scrambled or fried, or sometimes sunnyside up)
cooking oil
soy sauce
I tend to like all of the above on my rice, but kiki prefers just the eggies and soy sauce.
We probably eat this a least three times a week for lunch theses days, we all love it.
Really when it comes down to it though, this whole post was really just to share and document baby Mia's first love letter.
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