Bananas Foster

Mizuho and Claire whipped up some fabulous Bananas Foster for dessert last night.

I am all smiles as I anxiously await dessert, totally oblivious to the fact that between the riding lawn mower and Bananas Foster, we facilitated Mizuho violating two of Rotary's four forbidden Ds in just a couple hours. We're going to be sent to host parent credit recovery summer school. Arrgh! 

Flower pot

If you hang around our house in the spring time, Pat will get your hands dirty. Below, Mizuho plants flowers for the first time since second grade. Note she is all smiles. The combination of flowers, sunshine and Pat's teaching does that to people.

Garden time

After being delayed by 10 inches of rain in 10 days, it is finally dry enough for Pat and Claire to play in the garden. Below, Claire demonstrates her planting repose, which is a maternal legacy. Check out those strawberry plants behind her.

First mow

Mizuho discovered the excitement of mowing yesterday. A test drive turned into a two-hour thrill ride of mowing the entire yard. Thanks, Mizuho! For all you readers out there, follow Mizuho's footsteps. If you crave entertainment, come on over and mow our lawn. Contact me directly to purchase your tickets.

Earth Day

After church, Pat, Mizuho and I went to the local Earth Day festivities. I know today wasn't the Earth Day, but our Earth Day was washed out. The surface of Earth is almost 70% water. Here, it was a 110% on Earth Day. Pat bought a collapsable clothes dryer thing and a dead trilobite stuck in a rock. I got a jar of barbeque sauce. I think Mizuho got a toe ring, and I though she was gonna buy a hula hoop.

Om Rice

Saturday, Pat, Claire and Mizuho went to the Farmers Market. Afterwards, Mizuho was executive chef and Claire was sous-chef. They made a Japanese meal called Om Rice and Curry. There is a dome of fried rice underneath the fried egg and a vegetable curry sauce on top. It was an awesome meal!

DeLynn and Esther

We had a fun evening catching up, reminiscing and gossiping about friends from our Waverly days on Thursday evening with DeLynn and Esther. DeLynn and Pat worked on a project together at the University of Nebraska many, many moons ago. I am glad DeLynn and Esther dropped in. We need to find time to get back to Waverly this summer.