Fun in the Garden

This summer have been moving by fast. However, I look back and realize that we really haven't done much, we just have been enjoying our OWN backyard and our OWN dirt and our OWN little try at a garden.

However, I am at the point that I am willing to fully admit that I am no green thumb. Below is attempt #1 at growing something. There were originally 5 little Basil plants in this container, carried over from our apartment. Didn't go so well.

Attempt #2. I picked a little corner of our backyard and planted some more basil, parsley, 2 tomato plants and a red pepper plant. I know, a random selection, and certainly not something we could sustain ourselves with, but I was still recovering from the killing the basil. And look! Success! The beginnings of life. The fruits of my labor. They did not die!
However, my little helper (the innocent looking one below) picked up on the fact there was something cool happening in the corner of our backyard. He climbed up 2 feet of tire tracks, climbed into the coveted garden bed, picked all the little green tomatoes he could find, threw them down to the ground, climbed down from the garden area, and gathered up his loot. This is the point where I caught up with him. I could tell all the budding tomatoes were history, and asked him what he was doing.
He very sweetly, held up the green tomatoes in his hands (some had little teeth marks on them), and said very resolutely, "Appoes".
How could I resist this little guy? Oh well, the good news is there has been a few more tomatoes pop out. I guess we will wait to see if they actually stay on the plant long enough to turn red before they get picked.