Category: General

Last week when I stepped out into the backyard, out of the corner of my eye I caught sight of a bunny. Gino had mentioned before seeing a bunny in yard but we hadn’t seen anything since. Since then we have seen it several times in the yard and the neighbors backyard as well.

Today it was nibbling on the weeds and grasses growing on the unfinished side of the yard. This was looking out the window in the kitchen (a bit hazy from the glass).

Isabel gets really excited to see it and Daisy goes completely nuts!!!

Sunday afternoon Isabel took it upon herself to cut her own hair. Luckily she didn’t cut to much off or make to big of a boo-boo.

This is a before photo from 3 days earlier. However I didn’t get an actual photo of what she did. It wouldn’t have turned out. She had cut along the front sides and her bangs.

This was the after cut to fix the damage. We had to cut 4-5 inches off in length.
The bangs can easily be camouflaged.

Yesterday, Gino roasted and made himself some Chili Verde for the first time ever. Enjoy!

8 peppers roasting in the oven.

It was great to watch him watch the peppers in oven; like a little kid in a candy store! He also shared great stories of his Grandma Tee doing this exact same thing when he was a kid.

Roasting up nicely! The skin would pop and a few times made Gino and I jump!

The smell bothered me but it’s not as bad as pinto beans in a crock pot!

Time to turn them.

All roasted up and ready to steam in the bowl.

After letting the peppers “rest” in a bowl, he took out the seeds and took off the skin.

The “meat” of the pepper.

Gino kept telling me that I would be able to take the “heat” from these peppers. I didn’t believe him because they smelled HOT to me.

Chopped up.

Gino’s Chili Verde!

By the time he actually got to eat it, it was to hot for me to eat but at least he got to enjoy it!

Today was a gorgeous day to be outside! Gino and Isabel headed out to get started on a vegetable garden box while I stayed inside making a few phone calls. While I was on the phone with my parents, Isabel came inside to tell me that she really needed to show me something and I had to come out and see. So I headed out to see what it was…

Keep in mind that Isabel has been talking about growing up faster then she is now! Case in point, today we realized that we need to invest in boaster seats because she is now to big in weight and height for her car seats. While placing her in the truck I noticed her head is now above the back of the car seat!

She would like to be 10 just for the sake of being 10. To her 10 sounds like a big number and she wants to be 10, she told me so just the other day. Also, she’s been talking about driving. She would like Gino and I to buy her a tiny car and she would like it to be purple because she likes purple… so…

She’s driving now and already she’s breaking the law by talking on the phone! She might get her privileges taking away for awhile… both the car and the phone!

She made a car out of the hill of dirt. She added a control panel, a steering wheel, foot controls, and a seat.

The sun came out this afternoon for a bit and Isabel has been asking to get outside for a while now now to dig in the dirt. It was still a bit chilly so she bundled up and headed out.

I found this bug on the house wall and thought I would take a picture; when I downloaded the photos I noticed that my little bug was actually a flying “stained-glass” work of art! Very cool little bug!

All smiles to be outside digging!

More digging going on… she’s happy!

This morning while I was emptying the dishwasher, I had asked Isabel to go upstairs and get dressed for me. Afterward she was to come back down to do her name writing practice for the day. When she arrived back into the kitchen I had to hold back the laughter bubbling up… Enjoy!

She appeared with a pink skirt and white t-shirt with the words “I ♥ Mommy!” written on front. Below the t-shirt, Lula was peering (securely) over the top of the waistband! Her hair was a series of loops and multi-colored barrettes scattered throughout her hair! (I’m still trying to figure out how she got the ones in the back, without looking!) The smile on her face was priceless!

I hurry and grabbed my phone and took this photo before she sat down (and removed Lula from her waistband!) to work on her writing.

On the mornings when she’s asked to get dressed on her own, it’s always fun to see how she’ll appear for the day! I ♥ You, Isabel!

BTW… by the time she was finished with her writing, her hair had slowly begun to fall down around her.

It’s the beginning of Resurrection week and the week begins with Palm Sunday. We had a great service at church today, the message “Purposeful Living…Understood” was from I Corinthians 9:15-27, followed by an on stage appearance with kids from kid zone waving palm branches.

Isabel with her palms after church.

Happy Palm Sunday from Isabel and I.