Everything is coming up daisies--or marigolds

Here is our urban garden.  Actually, we are just growing marigolds for our church primary class.  We love them and all, but we just don't quite trust them to remember to water their plants every day.  So, Sterling and I bring all of these plants to church every week so the kids can water their plants and see how much they have grown.  It's pretty exciting.  Maybe by Mother's Day they will have flowers?  One girl is hoping for her flower to be blue.  How do you break it to her that we just don't have control over stuff like that?  Panic attack of the week:  Luke's plant started to die.  I don't want to be the cause of a 3-year-old's heartbreak... 

Spicing up life.

To show our commitment to living in Arlington for the next little while, we painted our living room wall a golden yellow.  (Unfortunately, our dear apartment complex requires that we paint it back to "antique white" when we move.  Lame!)  As soon as we finished painting, Sterling and I started planning the next painting few projects:  a red wall by the desk, a dusty lavender bathroom, and maybe a splash of apple green in the bedroom.   I guess I have heard that paint fumes can be addicting. We will try to stop...maybe...