All abuzz about bee's

I now have a kid who is fascinated by bee's. He doesn't just wants to look at them, but he likes to catch them in his bug catcher and come show them to me!!! He's caught many many bee's and has not been stung. He catches them, looks at them and lets them go. It's kind of cool.

I'm totally allergic to bee's. About 8 years ago, I was stung on the thigh, my ENTIRE thigh swelled up like a giant mosquito bite - it was itchy, hot and painful. The last time I was stung by a wasp, my entire face swelled up.....YIKES. I don't dislike bee's or wasps, but I have extreme respect for them and give them WIDE birth when I'm outside.

Paparazzi, Annie Leibovitz or Ansel Adams?

D just LOVES taking pictures now. Now that we're in the digital age, I let him have the camera for a few pictures. Here are a few from his recent collection: mommy, self portraits and nature.

He's also in LOVE with bee's. There is a bee on this flower.

Garden of Eden...er....Tina

When I moved into this house there was a small garden plot ready for planting. The first weekend I was here, I went and bought tomato plants, zucchini, beans and peppers. Being that it was the middle of June, I wasn't sure that the garden would really take off b/c it was so late in the month, but WOW!! Holy Moly!! I'm totally excited.

I was VERY happy that I consulted my mater gardener, Sandy, for advice regarding the zucchini plant. When I was at the store, I had 2 of them in my cart and I called Sandy. She said 1 plant will feed a family, 2 plants will feed a neighborhood. She was not kidding!! I only bought 1 plant and I have zucchini coming out my ears!!

So here is my garden. From left to right: Beans, tomato, peppers (in front of tomatoes) zucchini, basil, mint and chives.
Fruits of my labor:

I'm so excited!! This is really the first garden that I've planted more than just the standard tomatoes and peppers. If I'm still in this house next year, I already have plans to expand the garden and add more!!

Pee pee Dancing!!

D is officially a BIG BOY!!! 3 nights in a row without a Pull-Up and no accidents! WOOO HOOO!!! 1 year ago on July 1, D potty trained during the day and now he's able to hold it all night long. Stinks for me b/c I just bought a package of Pull-Ups and OPENED it for 1!! grrrr.

But, I'll find someone who'll use them. I'm just happy that my boy has mastered the nighttime potty. He's even gotten up after going to bed to go potty. I had realized last weekend, that he was waking up with a dry Pull-Up, so I decided that one night I'd double sheet his bed, and "try it commando". What's double sheeting? Mattress, waterproof mattress pad, sheet, another waterproof mattress pad and another sheet. This way if he does wake up wet in the middle of the night, all I have to do is pull off the top sheet/mattress pad. I learned this trick from other moms who's kids had the flu and were throwing up all night. So, for all those parents out there in blogland, remember double sheeting - I did it in his crib too. It's really great for washing sheets - you just pull off the top sheet and you have a clean one under!! I only have to make the bed every 2 weeks!

Anyways, there have been many firsts lately with D. He's no longer sleeping in a toddler bed. He's got a "big boy" bed - a bunk bed!! He sleeps on the bottom bunk, but he likes it. At first he wasn't interested in the twin mattress, he wanted his little bed back. I told him to try his big bed for a little while and if he doesn't like it, we'll put the little bed back. I haven't mentioned the little bed again. It's still in the garage - gotta get it listed on CL.

Well, we're off to the park! Going to be in the 90's again today, so we're headed out.