Worker Bees

Sage had a rough week last week. We thought she had a temp due to teething, but it turned out to be Roseola. I took her in to the doctor after she developed a rash later in the week. However, Sage was also teething with a new one on the bottom that popped through and one on top that is still beneath the surface. She was miserable for a few days and we just cuddled and played together all the time (including at 4 am). By Friday she was back to our happy, social baby. She also decided to start sleeping through the night, which was a great break for her very tired mommy.

Over the weekend we kept very busy around the house. Andy worked diligently chopping all of the wood for our woodstove this winter. I worked just as diligently getting it all stacked. Sage worked diligently supervising, playing and trying to crawl. We were trying to stack the wood higher than last year, so there were times when I was scrambling around on the top of the woodpile fitting more wood into place. We figure that this weekend we handled about 80-90% of the wood that we will need for the coming winter. That’s great considering that last year I was stacking wood the day that I went into labor with Sage (Oct. 31st). We should have our wood supply ready well before the summer is in full swing. Strange to be thinking about winter again when we are just beginning to enjoy summer.

We also started work on a stone pathway we are putting in the front yard. We only had enough sand to get it started, but it was great to get a feel for what the project will end up looking like. Andy found all the stones on the logging roads and job sites where he works. We are also getting sand from a nearby area. In the end, the project will only cost us our personal time and energy. It is a bit of a puzzle getting all the differently sized stones to fit around all of the tree roots, but it will be rewarding in the end.

We completely finished planting the garden. We had a few last minute plants to add and seeds to plant where the first set didn’t come up. Our garden is bigger than last year. I’ve included a picture so you can see what it looks like all planted and ready to go. In sad news, the giant pumpkin we were hoping to grow didn’t fair well with the rainy weather we had a couple of weeks ago. It looks like we are going to have to wait another year to try it out. Andy is very disappointed. He really wanted to grow a big enough pumpkin that we could put Sage next to on her first birthday and be wowed. It’ll just have to be a bigger pumpkin for her second birthday next year!

Don’t worry, the weekend wasn’t all work. We also made time for a short canoe trip with our friends Rene, Tim and Parker. We just went for a quick ride around a local lake. Sage did well in the canoe. I was worried that she would be hard to contain because she likes to keep moving. However, all the new sights and sounds kept her pretty entertained. We are hoping to get out at least a couple more times this summer. We are also hoping to get her swimming often. There is a beach on the river in Ladysmith. Once the water temperature rises a bit we are hoping to get her there quite often. We want her to be a little water bug.