{show and tell}

I got lots of reading done yesterday !! I read THIS one in it's entirety. Started THIS one but it wasn't that great. Glad I only paid $5 for it ! I also started reading another book but that is a topic for another post ...

I had grand plans this morning to write a long post but in the end have spent most of the morning helping Jono do his show and tell that we ALMOST ALWAYS forget is on Tuesdays !! Sheesh ...

This week, he has to present poems. One written by him, one written by someone else. The theme is gardens. He decided to write an Acrostic Poem and I found the coolest website that led him through the process of writing the poem ... I found it because I didn't know what an acrostic poem was !! (don't tell my Dad !) :) I now know !

And can I just ask ... what did parents do before GOOGLE !?!?! Seriously !!!

Here's Jono's Poem

Gardens
Always Growing
Right Up To The Sky
Dirt Is Needed
Excellent Plants
New Growth
Sweet Strawberries

I searched for poems by other people but my goodness ...everything was so depressing ! So ... his poem by someone else is written by me !! Get ready people ... you're in for a treat !!

My Garden - A Rhyming Poem
By Jono’s Mom


How I love my garden
and all the plants that grow.
To give us lovely dinners,
that are healthy too, you know.

Strawberries, tomatoes, eggplants,
beans and even peas.
And pretty flowers planted round
because they bring the bees.

How I love my garden
and all the joy it brings.
So much satisfaction found
in growing such amazing things.

I have to tell you about today's photo and then I need to go. I have been looking at these flowers, when they are in bloom, every year for about THREE years !! They are so beautiful and they call to me ! I can hear them as I drive past "Bonnie ... take photos of us." They are in a place that is tricky to stop, trickier to park, not to mention in the MIDDLE OF THE ROAD ! A busy road. I have never had my camera in the car, and not the kids ... when the traffic has been slow and I don't have anywhere to be. UNTIL YESTERDAY !! Finally, everything worked in my favor. Ok ... maybe one driver was a little cranky when I decided at the last minute to change lanes, slow down and pull over. But the flowers ... they were calling me ... True Story.

Anyway ... this isn't the best one but it's the one I got formatted before we remembered about show and tell !!! The others will have to wait.

If I forget through out the week, remind me to tell you about the book I'm reading. The parenting one. And also about our night time routine that is working really well. I've got some garden photos to show you. And I've started taking photos of the house and am FINALLY going to give you a tour !! So, remind me.

Oh ... and one last thing. Do any of you have great freezer meals ? I'm trying to cook one a week, a double recipe and freeze meals so we always have meals on hand for those nights that have been days that spun out of control and I'm looking at a recipe that takes an hour to prepare and an hour to cook and it's already 7:00 pm !! You can leave me your freezer link here or you can leave it on my MENU PLAN for this week over at my cooking blog where others have already started leaving links ! I can't wait to go check them out ! You might like to as well ...