I used a recipe for lemon bread made with lemon verbena.  Seth added calendula petals to the batter and when you opened the cake you could see the petals baked in.  We put whipped cream cheese on as frosting and the petals stuck as the kids decorated their cakes.

On Easter Sunday I had a household gardening agenda.  However, I could not seem to rally.  Seth said, “mommy we need to shuck corn”.  I had to surrender to this agenda, because I admit, I am a seed hoarder.  Mattie had been hinting that I “recycle” my collection of indian corn that was getting dusty and taking up valuable space in the porch.  I was having a hard time letting go of the insanely beautiful cobs, harvested at the Ardenwood Farm.  The day we harvested the corn was ideal, I felt hopeful that day.  It was and will remain one of the happiest days of my life.  So I’ve clung to the cobs, wanting to save that clear October day despite everything.  However, Seth forced me to let go.  He sat me down for two hours and helped me remove every last kernel.  Sometimes when we can’t do something for ourselves someone else wiser has to step in.  Some of the seeds have been planted in the “corn spiral”.  Some of the seeds are in the “play cycle”.  The remaining seeds are in a bottle for me to hoard.  This time they are behind glass that can be dusted off and reflected upon.  The rest are in a bottle that we gave to Jim.  Perhaps he has planted them in his garden.

FAIRIES & PIXIES

THE HUNT

HAPPY SPRING!

PS Don’t forget to tie your shoe laces for the big ressurection party tomorrow!

“These eggs are rolling boiled”.

Seth is on a rule making bender.  Tonight he said, “mommy, I make the rules in this bathtub, and you are not washing my hair”.  I didn’t think much about this till he started pouring water over his head, and proceeded to wash and rinse his own hair.  I guess the hair washing was not the issue…it’s just me ~ sigh.

Teacher Laura recently remarked that Seth definitely has “sethisims” and that I should write them down.  Wednesday was spent at the Fitzgerald Marine Reserve.  In the car Seth asked if we were going to be “starfish scientists”.   What a Seth thing to say I thought.  That said, here is a photo essay of the starfish we documented, accompanied by my favorite “sethisims”, or as I now fondly refer to them, “starfishisims”.

1.  When verging on hyperactive Seth gets a mischievous tone in his voice and says, “mommy! I am about to try and get your attention!”

2.  Conversely if he is deeply engaged in something and I try to interact with him he will look at me sternly and say, “mommy, I am loosing my temper with you”.

3.  Seth will confidently walk up to the counter at the coffee shop and ask for, “milk with room for cream please”.

4.  When he is tired, “I am out of steam…AND gas”!

5.  In the car, “So mommy how many gallons per hour is your car going”?  I have not had the heart to correct this one, and I don’t really know how to explain.

6.  SEUSISIMS  Seth’s favorite book is The Lorax by doctor Seuss.  He commonly prescribes “butterfly milk” to plants, animals and humans who do not look well.  In frenzies of imaginary destruction and dismemberment he yells, “I am going to wack you with my super ax hacker”!

2.  DE JOUR The other day in the tub I over heard Seth singing a song from school…

School Version: Love grows 1 by 1, 2 by 2 and 4 by 4

Seth’s Version: Love grows 1 by 1, 2 by 2 and 60 by 90

Seth measures love and life on a grand scale, gosh why be constrained by conventional numerical progression when you could “go big”.

I’m an unabashed, sentimental starfish mommy, and I love Seth’s language usage.  He is confident enough to belt out his opinions, questions and feelings “medum loud” when ever the mood strikes him.

…Stay tuned for Part 2 Crab Carcass Party!