What We Did This Summer

Just what did you do this summer that would prevent you from blogging???

Lots and lots of swinging and climbing and gardening and building and .....well, check out the the slideshows to really see!

Summer fun:


Beach visit (which is so long it may only be interesting to those in the pictures and those who love us all a lot):

The Boy Who Reads

Is she EVER going to post again? In a word, Yes!

Summer was busy busy with outside things and inside things and lots and lots of trips to the library for the boy who doesn't want to read the same book twice...

So coming soon will be pictures of what I was doing this summer instead of blogging :)

In the meantime, here is an interesting (and disturbing-at least for those of us who Love a good book) article from the Wall Street Journal:
How to Raise Boys Who Read

And here's a blog post that is the antidote to the "pollution" in the previous article:
Literature of Honor For Boys

Enjoy!

Growing things!

A few weeks ago, the boys and I were picking weeds out of the front landscape beds and discovered two leaves that didn't look like the rest of the weeds. We decided to let it grow to see what it became and here it is:

We still don't know what it is but we have an idea...This is where we carve our pumpkin every year. So maybe in a couple of months we'll have pumpkins! We'll keep you posted. Meanwhile, Hudson is keeping it watered...
We've also been working hard to get our garden growing before the end of May and finally got it built and planted a couple of days ago...
Hope things are growing in your neck of the woods, too!
love,
the franklins

Easter 2010

Enjoy our pictures from Easter! Click on the slideshow to see larger photos.

Out of the Mouths of Babes...