Crazy Days

May has been a flurry of activity. Traditionally it is a very busy time as it is time to put in the garden. This year we put in two extra gardens- a special tomato only garden in the front yard and a snow peas and lettuce garden in a cooler part of the yard. We also added a wildlife observation area. This small garden is home to a small vernal pool and some native plants and flowers. We impregnated the pool with American toad eggs several weeks ago. These eggs have now hatched and we have a pluthera of tadpoles to watch wiggle and grow. That being said we now maintain three separate veggie gardens in our little plot of land plus our wildlife habitat. We have all worked hard tilling, weeding, planting and watering...now we wait for the prize- fresh veggies and a new batch of American toads to welcome to our garden. (pictures soon my memory card seems to be missing hmmm)
Aside form the flurry of gardening activity we have had the opportunity to field trip to several exciting places. We visited Willowbrook Village, the Maine State Museum, Fort Western and Castle in the Clouds all in the same week! It was exhausting but we really had a wonderful time with great friends and family.

WILLOWBROOK VILLAGE

Jaden was willing to be the dunce for the day @ school --he got in "trouble" for being the class clown...not too far from the truth...

printing press

pumping water

Ben thought school was cool...

the four amigos

catching a ride on the fire truck

Jaden being "old fashioned"

FORT WESTERN

picking herbs from the garden, Ean is touching lambs ear...a really soft plant that I cannot remember what they used for

Making dressing and switchell

Papa Les trying his hand at the loom

Ben liked the baby cradle...

So Gabe and Jaden liked this so much that they said they would cut ALL our wood this way...NOT

CASTLE IN THE CLOUDS

GIANT refridgerator

Shower time

Ben was so impressed with the old castle

Zeus--the biggest horse in the U.S.--going for the world title