We've been busy planning our garden for spring! Turns out that Las Vegas is a great place for growing a large list of vegetables thanks to our extra long seasons. Dave built a new box, and it is big enough to hold the veggies we're testing out this year! These include: Cauliflower, Cucumbers, Zucchini, Carrots, Green Beans, Lettuce Mix, Red Peppers, Jalapenos, small cherry and grape tomatoes. On the other side of our yard, we have a smaller box that housed our herb garden last year. We're starting from seed this time round, and we'll have cilantro, basil, parsley, chives, and rosemary. I did some searching and found an amazing seed company in Vermont that has a great history of producing amazing organic seeds. Check them out:
http://www.highmowingseeds.com/
I'm looking forward to learning more about organic gardening through trial and error. There's a thousand seeds in a pack which is all the motivation I need to keep on trying!

It does seem that my posts are tipped in Charlie's favor so here's one for Jacob! In an effort to survive the last few weeks of rainy days, I suggested Jacob enter a Lego contest. This month's theme was, "Something a firefighter would use to put out a fire". Here is Jacob's entry....complete with an alien and a banana! We excitedly mailed it off and have our fingers crossed!



 In his first grade class, each student drew an illustration of their dream job for a class book. Jacob would like to be a policeman! He wants to catch the bad guys like daddy!



Last Saturday we attended the "Super Duper Magic Show" at a hotel just off the strip. Jacob was most impressed by the physical comedy bits and getting asked on stage to assist. Here he is with his co-op buddy Enzo watching some scarfs magically re-appear in a jar! I loved watching his face when the trick wow-ed him and can't wait to take him to another magic show!

Charlie-Barley (as his big bro calls him) is getting too fast for us! He's turning corners at the blink of an eye and getting into trouble! (get it?!)
New foods this month are pears, and baby oatmeal, and we've started mixin' some of the first foods. Carrots and applesauce a surprising favorite! His sippy cup is at every meal and he's still figuring out how to make it come out! Works as a teething toy though!
Stairs are our latest concern! We didn't have them when Jake was a kiddo so the gates are going up!
With as cold as it's been this month he's been rotating through his brothers old hat collection!
Charlie managed to surprise us by sleeping through the night last week! We're waiting patiently for it to happen again....