Early to Bed?

Well, I did very well at my new plan to go early to bed and early to rise, for two days and nights that is. I generally feel much better, in control, ready to start the day, etc. (and ready to go to bed that night!) when I get up nice and early, before the kids. But I also happen to be quite a night owl. I generally avoid sleep, especially if I can exchange it for uninterrupted time! I guess 1:00 is still relatively early, but I don't think I'll be getting up at 5:15 tomorrow with Pshko, who finally got a date for his citizenship interview!!!

Here is a baby pumpkin from our garden! I don't know if they're already supposed to be farther along than this, because our sunflowers certainly don't look like the ones I see blooming everywhere, but it's one of the high points of my day to go out and see how much these babies have grown. In my novice gardening, I planted a teeny bed, which the pumpkins and cucumbers outgrew long ago, tendriling all over each other and the grass surrounding them.

We have very nice neighbors who don't seem to mind that our backyard is a meadow, currently with a maze of paths mowed into it, which the kids love to run around in. We recently set up the framework for a little teepee, and planted nasturtium at the base of the bamboo sticks, in the hopes of growing a little flowery (edible) hideaway. We shall see!