The weather is so nice here this time of year John and I try to spend as much of it outdoors as we can before the heat really starts. Of course, the girls also love to be outside. So we started our weekend with a trip to a couple of nurseries to buy some shrubs, which then turned into buying some herbs and vegetables. I have wanted to have a garden for a couple of years but we never seemed to find the time. 
Last year for our anniversary John bought me a miter saw (which I love). Our first and only project so far was to build an herb box. We started it in March of last year and never got back to it. So when I decided to buy some plants this weekend, we decided we better get it finished. To my and I think John's amazement we finished it. We finished assembling most of it on Saturday and then John stained it on Sunday. Sunday afternoon Zoe helped me put the dirt in it and figure out where to put the plants. She has done some small planting projects in preschool so she knew what to do and was extremely careful putting the dirt around the plants. We had so much fun.
The cucumber plant seems to be her favorite. She checked on it several times yesterday to see if it was ready and then would come tell me "it isn't." She has already asked twice this morning to go check on it.
It is great to see her enthusiasm for planting and watching things grow. Sophie also had a good time. She really liked putting her hands in the dirt and playing with the containers the plants came in.
