Growing like a...um...bean

Just before Spring Break the kids had a special day at school where they could sign up to learn about different things. I mean things that aren't normally taught in school, of course. The school invites parents to come and teach the kids which is nice. I didn't sign up since I don't know anything fun to teach the kids. I could certainly bore them to death if I wanted to though.

Anyway, our daughter signed up to do some planting and came home with a little planter that had carrots and bean seeds in it. She was very excited and checked on them everyday. After a few days we started to see a spout popping up.

She made sure to show off the little sprout to anyone that would look. Now, not even two weeks later we have two of these big things. Not to mention some carrot tops popping out. No, not the comedian, thank God.

Obviously she has a much greener thumb than I do. I suck at this stuff. Now we need to find something bigger to put these in, and maybe something to support them so they don't fall over.

This must be my most exciting post ever!

Growing like a weed

No, I'm not talking about the kids this time. Sure, they are growing fast, but they don't compare to the speed at which our dog is growing. I mean, jeez, you'd think we are giving him some of those growth hormones they give cattle.

Here is a recent (as in two days ago):


Here is what he looked like a few short months ago:





He's grown a whole tile in length. You can't tell here, but he is also much taller and heavier. Up until the beginning of June we used to carry him upstairs to our room at bedtime. There is no way we could do that now. Besides, he doesn't fit in that smaller crate any more. We should have realized how big he was going to be after we saw the father (sire?) when we picked Quincy up. So, since Quincy is just over 5 months old, how big is he going to get? How old do dogs stop growing? He 45 pounds now, should we expect double? Really, I need to know if we need to build an addition for him...

(For some reason this was really difficult to get these pictures on there. I blame using trying to use two different sources. I should know better).