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(PICTURE ABOVE: Isabella at the Lumberjack Festival last month. Rick, me, Bella, and Grand --aka my mom, aka Virginia Dixon--all went over to the PJC Milton Campus and watched folks saw logs, throw axes, carve wood, make baskets, sell their wares, give away trees, and much more. Our most exciting part of the day was talking to a local beekeeper... something Rick and I have wanted to add to our garden for the pollination benefits first and foremost. I also enjoyed the bird feather game we all played together put on by FL Fish & Wildlife; I think we correctly guessed 14 bird feathers out of 20; the three owl types and the snipe... yes there is such a thing... were the few that stumped us. It was a great day.)

So I just enjoyed a bowl of homeade chicken soup. Over the weekend I threw the following in a pot and whipped up some cheese toast for a yummy dinner: carrots from the neighbor's garden, onion, garlic, chicken broth, chicken pulled from the bones from the leftover bbq meal that Rick had grilled up the night before for Isabella and Fiona, and noodles. Rick added some red meat from some leftover ribs as well.


Back to this morning's Spring Break fun:

Isabella had turned on the animated movie "The Reef" (with the voice of actors Freddie Prinze Jr., Evan Rachel Wood, Fran Drescher, Andy Dick & Rob Schneider). We cut up an apple... and come to find out that Isabella had popped a bag of popcorn prior to my 8am waking. We knocked the bag of popcorn off the counter at some point. Bella helped sweep and then held the dustpan; while holding the dustpan, she says, "This is a fun day of our life." One of those things a kid says that immediately puts a quiet smile upon your face. We then made JELLO! Raspberry (sugar free)... and we cut up some green grapes and added those too... well, Bella added them. That will be my after-dinner-sugarfree-desert tonight!



Then the "Blue Nana" smoothie adventure occurred. I put the following ingredients on the counter for Bella: a tupperware container of ice, the bag of frozen blueberries, some "smoothie bananas" that we got on sale last night at Winn Dixie for $0.63 for 6 perfect nanners, and blueberry Winn Dixie yogurt. Isbella added the ice first, the bananas, and yogurt using a spatula; I threw in the frozen berries and added some milk. Bella loves pushing the blender buttons (like most five-and-a-half year olds would). She started at one and worked up to seven. I decided we needed more ice. As I put the lid back on, Bella announced, "Ready?" and then mashed number seven (just like her daddy would). As we were getting ready to taste our creation, the yogurt-covered-spatula hit the floor. "What a mess we are making," Bella chimed.





Aside - I have turned on a CD... "Ivory Thunder"... Dollar Tree special... with Piano and Thunderstorms. It rained this morning, but I missed it. So now I get my peaceful rain. :) Isabella is now playing a horse-riding game on the computer.





My project for today (after blogging): GARAGE ORGANIZATION. I am spending some of my Break on some Spring Cleaning.





The wind is blowing outside!... and piano and thuderstorm in the background... aaahhh.....





Isabella's 1st RTS Horse Show is Saturday, April 18th starting at 8:30am (I think). You can visit http://rustictrailstable.com/ and see where Isabella rides and more. You are all welcome tp come and watch! Isabella is going to be decked out in her Western Gear for this show; the RTS Owner, Julie, thinks that she will be so cute in her jeans, belt buckle, cowgirl boots, a little brown jacket, and her hair in two braids (special thanks to Debi Gilbert, aka Noni, aka Rick's mom). We will be sure to send pictures of the event.



Well... I am off to start on the garage. I will not sleep until it's done. Plus I half to find the tent: Isabella and I plan to camp in the backyard one night this week. We even found a inflatable mattress at a yard sale last weekend (I asked the lady if the full-sized air mattress would make it through the night... she said that yes it was leaky, but that it should make it through the night and then some... I asked her how much she wanted for her slightly-leaky-full-sized air mattress... $1.00... Woohoo).

I plan to keep this updated over our Spring Break. And the garden pics are coming... I PROMISE!

Love to you all!!!!!