WW: car hunt

This is like the boys favorite activity...hunting for hidden stuff.
That and i spy, but this will keep them entertained for quite some time (score!).

Bat Luke

We went to a birthday party over the weekend and Luke had his face painted for the first time.
At first he wanted a butterfly, but I thought he might like batman.
Stereotypes...I know.

The face painter was so patient and did all the kids (except Jack) who mainly where girls.
She was awesome!
Which is why Luke wanted the butterfly.

Luke sat next to the birthday girl in hopes that he could blow out the candles.
I didn't work. Her older brother did it!

Happy Mother's day

 This is from a very long time ago.. on my mom's 40ish birthday.

Not sure which one...

Me, my mom and Monnie.

 And my  beautiful Mom and beautiful Mother in Law!

 and my Mom with Lukie Lu on his first birthday

and my Beautiful Step Mom.

I am very luck to have so many wonderful moms in my life!

The helpers

Jack did a pretty good job trying to take out the ivy in the garden.
It was everywhere!

He had his own small shovel that worked perfectly!
and I found some small garden gloves to protect his hands...but he said they made him too sweaty.

He was quite the digger!

I am so bummed that we are going back to cooler weather for the weekend!

We've got garden

The weather has been sooooo nice....I know that it is going to be ending this weekend, but we planted last weekend!
We (Loren) moved the garden to a new sunnier spot and I think it will be fantastic.
I am hoping for peppers this year!

Luke had fun digging a big hole for their watermelon!

So far, I have 7 tomatoes, 2 zucchini, basil, 2 cucumbers and a padron with more peppers to follow when it warms up for good!
Oh and I am trying an eggplant this year...yummy grilled eggplant sandwiches....delicious! (so long as I don't kill it!)

Hopefully, I will be able to have nice august pix with lots of veges growing in the garden!
I love summer!!!

WW: watching the wood chipper.

We still have part of a tree to come down so that we can reset up the play structure.
Luke likes to see how high up he can go before I tell him to get down (or I just go inside to stop watching).
That boy certainly likes to climb!

Loren finally got a wood chipper to help with the tree when it comes down.
Yeah for craigslist!
He really likes the wood chipper and Luke like to watch it!

Spring is here

First smoothy of the season...at my house anyway.
Finally it is 80 degrees and lovely outside!