Three Thought Thursday: Episode 13

1. I think spring is finally arriving here in Lubbock! (The boys have loved getting to wear shorts!) I've never been much of a gardener. Mainly because I can't afford to be one. But I grew up getting to watch my grandmother and mother wiggle their green thumbs in their yards and always hoped that someday I'd be able to have a somewhat respectable garden too. Since Mark and I have absolutely no idea where we'll be living come August (so scary!), we kind of feel like we need to get our yard in decent shape just in case we have to sell the house. So in an effort to save money, I decided to attempt to grow flowers from seeds instead of buying the pre-grown flowers. After a few weeks of watering, some of them are finally sprouting! I'm so excited! I was starting to wonder if it was a lost cause. Lord willing they'll survive the transplant here in a few weeks!

2. Kolbe has started singing. It is seriously one of the cutest things I've ever heard! I decided to sign him up for a little music class that they offer through The City of Lubbock for kids under the age of 5. We started going a few weeks ago and he loves it! While he doesn't sing very loudly in class, he loves to perform his newly learned tunes at home. His favorite is the "Good morning to you" song and I just get so tickled when it gets to the "hello, hello" part and he belts out "heno, heno" with such excitement! It's so precious! I absolutely have to get him recorded so in years to come when he has left the coop, I'll be able to hear that sweet little voice again.

3. As much as I've complained about my kitchen before, I have to say that I'm so grateful for the awesome laundry room that I have. "Rearrange laundry room" has been perched above the top of my weekly to-do list for about four solid weeks. I finally managed to cross it off yesterday. I'm not sure why I was avoiding it so much; it really wasn't that bad. Spending an hour or so in there made me realize how much I love all the storage space. My kitchen has literally spilled over in to there! Since there's no discernible pantry in the kitchen, I've set up a little shelving unit in the laundry room where a good amount of our groceries go. Beyond that, it has pretty much become a catch-all for many other things: laundry stuff (of course), art supplies, coloring books, cleaning supplies, hostess-type stuff...even a few power tools! Maybe one day I'll have a china cabinet or hutch to store extra house wares, but for now, the good ol' laundry room does the trick! It's definitely a highlight of our little casa!