Summer Produce

Just a quick peek here at our tomatoes! And an action shot of Philip trying to water the garden. He is trying to get the water to spray by putting his thumb over like I do it. Sometimes I wonder if he or the garden got more water.

This was a fun find at our local farmers market, a yellow watermelon! It tasted very similarly to a red one but I really think it is more beautiful.

Wrestling Noodle

Here is a video that I took last night after dinner. It is a good peek at what Lucy is doing these days. Funny thing is that I mention she can't roll over but as of this morning she has rolled over a couple of times on her own! And of course Philip is right in on the action. I hope that you enjoy.

Tamales!

For the past little while, Mike and I have been bitten by some sort of mexican bug. We bought a special tortilla press and now only eat them homemade. But what we both have really wanted to try was making tamales. By complete accident, we found a local Latino market and bought some corn husks which kickstarted this endeavour. Making tamales is a two day process. On Wednesday last week, I cooked and shredded the pork and then seasoned. Then Mike was in charge of soaking the husks for two hours, making the masa dough mix and assembling the tamales. After that we steamed them for about an hour and forty minutes. Definitely a time consuming process but it was totally worth it! They managed to have that unmistakable tamale flavor which we both were craving. Delicious!

(That is a pepper from our garden!)

First Pickings

We finally were able to pick our first tomato! You can imagine how excited Philip was to pick and eat this little treat. We look forward to the many green ones turning soon.

Day out with Thomas!

The highlight of our summer has been the Day out with Thomas! Only thirty minutes away, there is the annual visit made by Thomas the Tank and we knew that Philip was going to love it. For two weeks Philip was checking the calendar and asking which day was the Thomas day. We had the first train ride at 8:45 and so we left the house at 7:00 to make sure that we wouldn't miss our train. It was really nice to see the grounds before the crowds arrived.

There were lots of train tables which we visited many times.

As we headed up the hill for our train ride, Philip heard the whistles go and he got so excited!

What could be better than this!

Lucy was very good the whole day.

Talking to the conductor.

Playing with bubbles.

The bouncy Thomas.

I think that Lucy likes Thomas too!

Garden update

Well it is definitely growing. We have lots of little green tomatoes and the peppers keep getting bigger. In fact, Philip accidentally knocked a pepper off of the plant and so we gave it a try. I spat my bite out and Mike ate his and was tearing up. They are not even red yet which is when they are supposed to get hot. However, Mike did try it again on some enchilladas and liked it very much. That is a good thing too since we noticed there are a lot of new blossoms sprouting.

Beating the heat

This past week has been horribly hot and humid. So we have been spending most days in the basement mixed with trips to places with a/c. Here are a few pictures though that I was able to catch here and there.