Luke was born on the day after Easter last year. Fortunately today was a beautiful, sunny day. I made an early run to Wal-Mart to stock up on some staples and had a surprisingly pleasant experience there due to the dearth of fellow shoppers. Upon returning I prepared the first of two slow cooker dishes for the day – white bean, quinoa, tomato, and kale soup. It was pretty easy. Luke took a nap and Liz and I listened to an Easter sermon online. After that we went on a walk along the greenway. Or maybe before. I don’t remember. We ate a delicious lunch and then I prepared another slow cooker meal. It was one that I prepared a couple of days ago but used regular potatoes this time instead of sweet. My parents and sister came over this afternoon. We hung out and then ate dinner on the deck. It was so lovely outside. Luke was in a good mood.

We learned yesterday that today was a holiday for Liz, which was pretty cool. Unfortunately the weather was not at all nice. There wasn’t an opportunity to go on a walk. I was actually the only one who went out – to Kroger. Mainly stocked up on the staples; nothing too fun made it into the cart. I prepared two more crock pot dishes today. The first was our dinner – Lentil curry of some sort, served over Jasmine rice. It turned out okay but I did forget to add coconut milk at the end. Oh well. I will probably make it again. Now the chickpea dish is cooking. I will probably try to make a couple more tomorrow, but that might require another trip to the grocery store. Maybe Wal-Mart this time, as the local Kroger isn’t that great. Although I’m not crazy about the idea of Wal-Mart on a Saturday.

Luke was crawling all over the place today. He loves playing with his toys on the floor. Equally fun is chasing Lily the cat. It is nice to see her on the receiving end of harassment for a change.

I am continuing to plan out the garden. Doing lots of reading and research and making my seed list. I’ve cut a number of things in order to simplify and do a better job on the core things we want to grow. We have just barely managed to keep a child alive for a year, don’t want to push our luck with a bunch of plants. The picture below is of the seed spreadsheet.

We left the mountain this morning and enjoyed a lovely drive back to the farm. Back home my dad spent a little time mowing the yard on the tractor and I hauled trash to the dump. I spent the rest of the day cleaning up and organizing outside. Also got the chainsaw running and cup up the cherry branch that had fallen.