Gold & Dirt

Today we went to the pet store and got a free goldfish. The free goldfish cost us $17.84, but Archer gave me $1.00 from his piggy bank so my total out of pocket expense was $16.84, plus gas to drive across town, and about an hour waiting for the store to open since we got there early. And now Gold is in a little tank in the kids' bathroom with a strict twice-a-day feeding schedule and warnings not to tap on the tank. Don't harass the animals. "What does that mean?" Always another lesson.
 David kindly tilled up the garden, added new dirt and even expanded it further to make room for all the stuff we had to plant. I hate digging out sod. He does too. Yuck. But the garden looks great and I can't wait to see how our veggies do! The best part about the vegetable garden is seeing the kids go out and pick things and eat them straight off the vine. I don't even have to say, "Don't eat now, we're having supper soon!" because who cares? Its healthy stuff, eat up!

I love that summer is here, I love that the kids were covered in dirt from their heads to their toes. As I sat in the living room today feeding the baby while everyone else was outside I looked at the kitchen floor and started complaining to myself about all the dirt everywhere. I take my shoes off outside so I don't track in big chunks of dirt like they're doing, I thought to myself. More to sweep. At least they're keeping their shoes off the carpet. As I was busy being annoyed by all the dirt the rest of my family dragged inside, I noticed dirt all over the coffee table. Hmm. And the carpet too. What? I realized the very bottom edge of my jeans had rolled up and caught a bunch of dirt. And when I sat down and put my feet up for a little break all that dirt spilled out. All over the carpet. Ha! So much for thinking I was the only one bothering to leave the dirt outside, I brought just as much in as they did, maybe more!