ten on ten

Ten on ten: ten pictures of life on the tenth day of the month. 

Carter woke up in the middle of Thursday night with a terrible croupy cough and stuffy nose, so Friday was his first kindergarten sick day.  Sweethearts make the Mucinex (which works great but tastes terrible) go down much smoother. 

Carter and I ate lunch at McDonald's.  We sat at a table for two next to the fireplace.   He stayed in his pj's all day. 

Two blue hyacinths are making my house smell like spring.  They're only in the garden stores for a little while.  Go get one and bring it inside.  The fragrance is truly amazing. 

While I was picking up my hyacinths, I spotted a small, scrappy looking basil plant.  It's the first basil I've seen this year.  I brought it home and put it to good use. 

We've eaten all of our farmer's market veggies, except for the spinach.  I've been rationing it, a little bit every day. 

I've discovered spinach smoothies are quite good.  I add Greek yogurt for protein, almond milk for calcium, whatever frozen fruit we have on hand, a splash of vanilla, and as much spinach as I can cram in the blender.  You really can't taste the spinach.   

But you can sure see it.  Grace and I have affectionately named the spinach smoothie the Green Monster.  She loves them but has no idea the green is from raw spinach.  I've been drinking at least one Green Monster a day. 

Carter discovered football cards this week.  His first pack had not one but two John Elway cards, which Carter promptly gave to me.  Yes, I will keep buying Carter football cards, just seeing the old orange and blue makes my heart happy. 

Post-Christmas clearance Amaryllis bulbs make lovely Valentine's blooms.

We finished dinner in time for an ice cream run.  After all, a girl cannot live on spinach smoothies alone.