Saturday, June 2, 2012

I LOVE my job...

I have an awesome job - I LOVE the people that I work with and the kids that I get to help are the sweetest.  AND, they pay me to go to places like this:
This is the flower garden at the Como Zoo and when you open the doors, the sweet scent of flowers is amazing!

I was lucky enough to go the the Zoo with my 1st grade class.  We had fun looking at zebras, polar bears, tigers, lions, flamingos, giraffes, puffins, a stork, seals, penguins and had some chipmunks run around our feet during our picnic lunch!

One of the gardens that we toured housed spice plants (so cool!) and this cute lil pineapple:

It was such a fun day!  So thankful for my job!

Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Okra Please ...

Okra is hard to find in these parts, so I bought a seed packet and am growing my own!  They're ready to go in the ground:

I have 1 more pack of seeds, so I'll start them after these get planted.  At least when we go to the Farmer's Market, Alex won't ask EVERY vendor if they have okra (and of course they have NO idea what he's asking for!).
Have a wonderful Wednesday!