Worms

The beautiful weather is here in England, Cece is loving it! Last week Craig and I got the outside area ready for summer, while that was happening, Cece discovered worms, or as she calls them "wormys". She loves them and is obsessed with them at the moment. That afternoon,  I wasn't really paying attention.. She put them in a bucket and picked flowers for them, the next day they were dead. Who would have guessed worms can't survive in a sand bucket filled with freshly picked flowers?

After nap time that afternoon, Cece and I got out our shovels, dug more worms up and made them a home in a jar, so we currently have a worm farm.. and Cece loves it! We filled the jar half way up with dirt, then we put the worms in, she could see them crawl into the dirt and she thought it was amazing! We then filled the jar with more dirt, a layer of picked grass, coffee grounds and some apple peels, from Cece's afternoon snack. She thought it was so cool, and she thought she could just see the"wormys" eating her apple peels.

What is that red thing in the bottom of the jar you ask? It is Cece's tomato that she wanted to share with the worms!

Cece has gone out digging every day to find more worms, so I have done some research to make sure we are doing the right thing to keep the worms alive... Which we are, but I read how some people put layers of sand between the dirt so you can see where the worms have crawled. Also, in larger jars people have put a bottle in the centre to keep the worms towards the outside of the jar, so the kids could see them. Great ideas, I am sure we will be updating our worm farm soon!

We have been doing a lot of walking lately, at the moment there are a lot of dandelions along the sidewalks, Cece picks bouquets of them, she is absolutely loving spring!

Cole is growing like a little weed, he is getting so big. He loves carrots and yoghurt at the moment. The only person that can make him giggle is Cece. He grunts and groans at everyone else. 

When we are walking, Cece runs in front of the stroller with her hand out yelling Stop at me. I stop, she runs over to Cole to give him a kiss, then lets me know we can start walking again! They are such good babies for me. With the weather being so nice, I needed a pedicure. Craig has been working like crazy, so I thought that I would just get one done while I had the kids with me. They were so good! Some days I feel like a chicken with my head cut off, but they are the best little kids ever!

We have had so many birthday celebrations in the past few weeks. I have been adding something in everyone's gift, depending on what dessert they like! I just made the vanilla cupcakes I blogged about previously, they really are a great cupcake, and giving something home-made with your gift just makes it a little more personal!

I hope everyone has a fabulous weekend and gets out in their yard digging- to make their own worm farm! 

Cheerio,

Courtney