New on The Spence Family--Nothing Says Happy Fourth Quite Like

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New on The Spence Family--Big Stuff

The big news at our house today is that J finally lost his first tooth. It's been a long time coming, and though he missed being on the tooth chart at school, I don't think he minded much. His two bottom teeth have been loose since March and he wasn't exactly a vigorous wiggler. He just wanted to wait for it to fall out on its own which is pretty much what happened. We had a loaf of artisan bread from yesterday and newly made jams so J requested crustless bread and jam for breakfast. I said ok for the first piece, but for anything after that the kids were going to eat the crust, not waste it. While he was eating his second, crusted piece, T looked over at him and said, "your tooth is broken. . ."

plus, more of a really long post that should be five little posts, like try these tarts:

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New on The Spence Family--Balloons and Sprinklers

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New on The Spence Family--Some Birthday Posts

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http://fourspences.blogspot.com/2010/06/birthday-number-seven-part-two-cakes.html

It's late. I'm tired. I'm only linking, what can I say?

New on The Spence Family--Ode to My New iPod Holder

I was given an iPod for Mother's Day, as I mentioned before.

I couldn't listen to it on the days I wore skirts. It would fall out of hoodie pockets when I would bend over. When I put it in my jean pockets it would push the buttons.

Sigh. What to do...?

I needed an "iPod holder."

So, I made one. It won't really work for exercising so I guess I will need an arm band too. But for chores around the house, it's lovely.

Posting about it might seem narcissistic, but it's really not me I am in love with, you see. It's the iPod holder. So I can post about it.

Without further ado, meet my new iPod holder:

The general apron idea (with the rick rack, etc) was from an apron at BYU's Campus Craft and Floral, but their's cost $49.95. That's a totally reasonable price for the fabrics, time spent, embellishments, etc., but I am way too cheap. I had cute scraps from my pillows (and Jayne's...um, thanks, Jayne!), so all together I spent about $16. Plus, their aprons were not suitable for use as iPod holders, which was the point, afterall. . .

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New on The Spence Family--The End of the Road

School's out.

First grade has come and gone.

And so has our "popcorn tree."

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New on The Spence Family--Picnic Anyone?

The first graders are supposed to be going on a picnic today. Supposed to be walking to the park with parents that want to accompany the class walking along too. You'd think the last week of May would be safe to plan something like that, but no. It's snowing. Earlier it was sleeting/snowing/hailing. Again. It rained all night.

This spring is a dud. It sure is nice to have this global warming problem, isn't it?

I mean, water and precipitation is great and all. Neither Roger or I can remember a time when we haven't started watering the lawn by the end of May, and Utah is always short of water. But THIS IS RIDICULOUS! Go away, bad weather.

See, the problem is, the warmest spring days we've had were back in March, with just a couple of decent April days. Now, after these last storms roll through, it will be summer. Summer is hot. We didn't get just WARM. And that doesn't bode well for me, or for the garden.

The tomatoes did fine until a cold night in May when they froze. The beans aren't really coming up, and will need replanting. I guess the onions look okay. Just about the only thing happy is the lettuce. Everything else needs replanting. Except, that is, the tomatoes that were in a Wall O' Water.

I think I would be raving over (or ranting over) this product or that quite often if I had a very big readership, but instead I post pictures of the kids so they remember that we did actually do stuff, and all that. But I can't NOT mention how much I love these things. Our 3 tomato plants in these babies are already tall enough to be busting out the top. Their stems are huge and hearty.

Compare that to the miserable little 6 inch frozen plants (that wilty thing next to the green things in the picture), and it's pretty amazing. Each one is a miniature greenhouse and you can even plant in February if you set them up a few weeks in advance of planting and let them warm the ground for you. We just planted when the ground was warm (before all this winter revisits again and again nonsense) and it has kept it that way.

Like tomatoes? Live in a cold climate? Give them a try. Home Depot runs out quick but next year I'll have 8 or 9! Ha! You'll see, dumb ol' weather! My tomatoes won't care!!

Ok, I'm done. (P.S. I just spelled done, "dun")