What is a dad to do when he is pressed for time and still wants to spend some quality time with his boys? Why, shave together of course! (Yes, I’m too cheap to buy shaving cream. I think conditioner really works just fine as a shaving base.):
Too cute!
So, Giant still naps…most of the time. Except when he doesn’t. Then I tell him that he can play quietly on his own until his brother wakes up. This lasts about 5 minutes. This time Giant came to me with a duplo creation he’d built (an alligator, I believe. Complete with a chomping mouth). I thought it was nifty, and asked if I could take a picture:
Then I told him to peek his eyes out so I could take a picture of him too:
At which point he reminded me he only has one eye (when he is wearing his patch to help his lazy eye). “Just peek my one eye out, mom”:
That kid makes me smile 🙂  Even when he is not napping.
Who will help me pick the rhubarb:
Who will help me gather the rhubarb:
Who will help me haul the rhubarb:
Who will help me wash the rhubarb:
Who will help me process 40 cups of chopped rhubarb:
Do you ever wonder if the Little Red Hen was secretly glad that nobody helped her?
(I just froze it for later, perhaps for working on while helpers are asleep. Don’t get me wrong. I love that my boys are such eager helpers. I just like doing projects on my own sometimes 😉  )
I spent a lot of time this morning sorting clothing and reorganizing the boys’ drawers to make room for a drawer for baby:
Aren’t I so prepared?
As it is technically not tea, and as I don’t drink tea, I feel odd calling this tea. It also seems odd to call it lemon balm water. Whatever. ITS FROM MY GARDEN!!! Â Although I grow herbs, I really don’t do much with them except to crush and smell the leaves as I walk through the garden. Lemon balm is my favourite! It just smells so fresh, and is surprizingly lemony for a leaf. I grew if from seed last year, and it has turned into a lovely little bush this year. So I thought I’d actually try it out (hmm, since the sink is full of baby lettuce from my garden, and the container is full of broccoli seeds soaking for sprouting, I think I’ll leave them in the picture for this gardening post):
I let it steep for a bit and then mixed it with a bit of honey.
The taste? Umm, like water. The smell? Delightfully lemony. So, if you inhaled purposefully as you drank, you could imagine you were drinking a lovely lemon…water.
Not sure I’ll do it again for drinking, but I love the idea of cleaning with this wonderfully scented water!