Tomatoes, B-days, Fairs and such...

So last week Ben comes walking in from the back yard with an arm full of tomatoes. I've loved having a garden and taking care of it and watering it, etc etc... But I haven't been so good at the harvesting part. (I know, the whole point of a garden, right?) So apparently our tomato plant has produced hundreds of juicy delicious red tomato's, and I hadn't even noticed. To give myself some credit, from the front of the plant all you see is a green bush. The tomatoes for some reason are all showing from the back of the plant. Anyway, I was excited, I didn't realize that one little plant could produce so many tomatoes. I seriously had grocery bags full of them! I'm not a big tomato lover, but my family and friends (whom I gave the tomatoes away to) all said they were delicious.

So the weather has been yo-yoing around here from pretty cold fall-type weather to beautiful summer weather all over again. Our pool had closed for the summer, but then the weather got so good again, they opened it up for another week. We took advantage and had a little b-day party for Tuckers friend, Carly. I can't believe that she is already 2! That means that Tucker will soon be 2 as well! And that CAN NOT be right!

I made her the cutest little bug cakes. It is a cakelet pan from William-Sonoma that I got last year that I have been dying to use. They turned out so cute, and it wasn't even that hard! I also have a train one that I will use for Tuckers b-day in November.



They could have turned out even cuter with more time and the right tools. :) It was a big hit with the kids, so I must have done something right! :)

We also went to the Spokane County fair, which is always fun! :) Tucker got to ride a llama.

He always wants to go on the rides, but then his face looks like this the whole time, so I'm sure he's NOT enjoying it. But then he wants to go again and again and again. Its really funny! This one was going up and down and pretty fast.

He liked the cars that just went around and around.

Nathan and Ben went on the big kid rides and Tucker thought it was so cool when they would 'fly' by us.

And here is a picture of all of us 'fishing'!

Tucker has been wanting to take his naps on 'Dada's bed' lately. It hasn't worked out too well and I usually have to con him into sleeping in his own bed somehow. Although this morning we went to the library and on the way home he kept on saying nigh-night and that he wanted a bottle, so when we got home I made him one and went to put him down and he wanted to go straight to his crib. He didn't even want to rock and sing with me, which we usually do for a few minutes before he goes down. He's getting to be such a big and independent boy. Wheres my little baby? We got him a twin mattress that is down in our basement right now, for his 'big-boy' bed, and I'm thinking he might be ready for it soon. We'll see!

I've been so used to using an SLR camera lately that going back to my point and shoot camera is a little strange. I took this one and forgot that the point and shoots take so long to actually snap-so I moved the camera before it even took. oops! I still thought it was cute of him.

I was loading my car to go somewhere the other day and he just hopped right in the driver seat like he knew exactly what he was doing! The little stinker just wants to be a big boy so bad!

PS... Ben and I just got back from Seattle for the weekend for our 5 year anniversary and saw 'Phantom of the Opera.' It was amazing! I will be posting about that next! :) I just had to catch up.