Chapter 9: A brace of birthdays

Finally, the days of Tamara’s maternity leave have ended.  It’s Friday, and she has to head back into work after several weeks off for the baby.

Back to work

Tammy doesn’t actually mind it — she was getting ready to go a little stir crazy staying home with the baby every day — but she does wish she could have had one more day off… It’s a bit annoying to have to go into work for just one day before the weekend starts again.

Birch stays home with the baby, of course.  Ash spends a lot of time sleeping, which gives Birch a chance to putter in the garden some more.  This is important, after all, because it’s one of the family’s main sources of income.

Gardening while babysitting

Birch’s lettuce plant is coming along nicely, which should give him lots of greens to use in his Autumn Salad — one of his specialties.