Preliminary Green Light for South Side Day Nursery (SSDN) at Jefferson & Russell, St Louis

We're getting a much needed new building! Excitement is in the air for everyone involved with South Side Day Nursery. As a long time volunteer, I'm thrilled that they are moving even closer to our own neighborhood. There are so many young children that need a helping hand here in the St. Louis Metro area. More news to come.

Hail

We didnt get the tornadoes that were predicted, but we did have an amazing hailstorm.  Most of the stones were the size of golf balls, but several were as big as a tennis balls.

mommy's day

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what a difference a day makes

cubby today:
cubby yesterday:
We made it through our first big battle with sickness with lots of cuddling, baths and tylenol. He was attached to me almost all day (quite literally) but is thankfully on the rebound.

farm to family CSA

We received our first box of goodies from the weekly farm to family CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) we joined for this growing season. We weren't sure what to expect, we choose this one without really having read many reviews. Localharvest.org is a great source for many CSA profiles but there wasn't much to read on this one.

We were thrilled with the selections for this first round. I was convinced we would end up with $30 of asparagus because there's not much in season here in Missouri yet, but was pleasantly surprised by what we found.

The box included:
2 heads of Lettuce from Ivan's Fig Farm
1 package of Microgreens from Suncrest Farms
1 dozen cage-free brown eggs from Good Earth Egg Company
1 package Goatsbeard Farms fresh goat cheese
1 Loaf Honey Wheat bread from Great Harvest
1 honey bear of MO honey from Sam Crowe
1 bottle Hendrickson's salad dressing
We've already sampled most of it, and can I say delicious!? in fact, we used all of the strawberries for shortcake during our weekly family dinner and they were amazing. In hindsight I should have taken pictures using our "real" camera to do the colors justice, but you get the idea.
We had never tried micro greens before, I've been reading up on them and apparently they are just packed with nutrients. We were given broccoli micro greens which had a familiar taste. Oh, the herb goat cheese...we spread some on the honey wheat bread and topped it with micro greens and it was such a tasty treat. The goat cheese is creamy and smooth.

my new trick

Cub has been pulling himself up using all kinds of furniture, this crib business is new for him. He's so proud!

so true