A little redemption!

If you know my husband, it is no secret how he feels about mothers day, fathers day and valentine's day. They are hallmark holidays that are commercialized and he doesn't need no hallmark holiday to tell me or his mom or anyone how he feels about them. He can do special things for us all year round. Good thought in theory, but when life happens, the all year round appreciation and spoiling doesn't actually work out in practice. Needless to say, Mother's Day hasn't always been a pleasant day in our household. I would hope that he would do something, he would do nothing, and then I would be disappointed and have to watch EVERYONE at church and everywhere gush over how thoughtful their kids and husbands are! Well....this year he bought himself some redemption! It helps that MK is almost 5 and very excited about it! They got me the best present ever. They got me plants, dirt, seeds, and planter boxes! Not only is it something that I really wanted, but I got to spend some great quality time with Mike and both girls planting my new plants yesterday afternoon! It was great. He did some research and knew I wanted tomatoes and some herbs. He found two tomato plants that supposedly will do well planted in high heat on the porch in planters. He also remembered my herb garden attempts from a couple years ago and how hard it is to grow rosemary from seeds. My seeds never actually sprouted then. So he bought me a rosemary plant to keep going. Also he bought me basil, zuccini and summer squash seeds, carrot seeds, and moonflower seeds. I am so excited! Mary Kate is old enough now to help with it as well and excited to watch it all grow! Now to figure out how to keep all the neighborhood kids and the bunnies out of them!