June 2013

Brooke "grooming" Josh

Anna brought me a dandelion and started goofing around while I was trying to take her picture.  She was so cute, I couldn't pick just one....

 

 This is the face anna makes when she wants to make me laugh.  she looks crazy on camera, but it's hysterical in person

Anna insisted on taking a magazine in to read with her....


Anna learned how to ride the big bike!

 

 

 

 

The pics below were better seeing all of them in a series.  She started out just spraying her shirt, then she was trying to figure out how the nozzle worked, then she completely sprayed herself in the face! 

playing in the garden after the rain

part of the garden we fenced in to keep the bunnies out

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

July 2013 part 2

 

Look at those curls!!  I love how curly it gets when it's wet, just wish they'd stay once it was dry.... 



This can't be comfortable...

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

May 2013

Brooke is feeling better and has been attempting to eat our lettuce :)



Yum, salad bar!

 

helping daddy water the garden (or the kids...)
 

We left a small area of dirt in the garden for the kids to play in, Anna keeps calling it her sand castle
 

teaching Josh how to plant the strawberry plants  

planting some on his own... 
(he's actually been very helpful in the garden this year and is happy to shovel dirt and plant things right along with us)
 

Painting their Mother's day gifts for the grandmothers 

 

 

Josh drew me this rainbow on his dry erase board
 

We have tons of bunnies in our yard and the neighbors yards.  This one hopped into the yard while the kids were playing, about 10 feet from it, and proceeded to nibble on some dandelions.  Anna kept asking if she could go pet it. 

 

A few days later, we saw this baby raccoon wandering around on our deck, trying to get out of our back yard.
 

Mike took us outside one night to see an owl that was on the fence in our yard.  A few days later I saw one up in a tree.  then realized there were a whole bunch of them in the tree. 

 

And the neighbors have a peacock that periodically roams the neighborhood....  

 

The kids and I are raising tadpoles, we rescued about 20 of them from our swampy backyard before it dried up.  

 

After I took pictures of Josh's bruised chin, Anna wanted her pic taken too so she kept making silly faces for me :)