OK. I always thought life would slow down a little once we were settled in. I have come to the conclusion that my life may not settle down until my kids are out of high school. We don't even have that much going on! I have the gym 5 days a week. Evelyn has preschool 2 mornings a week, and karate one afternoon a week. Other than that we go grocery shopping on Mondays. We'll start play dates again once everyone is over colds for the year. That is not a lot, but I feel like my days are super full.
Maybe part of it is that I've decided to become a gardener. I want to grow food like my dad, and flowers like my mom. I have to start small though because I have more help than I can handle in my two midgets.
I spent yesterday morning at the gym, per the norm. After finishing, I felt really good so I put Rhett down for a nap and went to work. Evelyn and I weeded the garden and all the flower patches around the yard. We weeded the herbs out front and put round up on the weeds growing around the driveway.
I noticed that most of our wood chips all over the yard had disintegrated, and weeds were creeping in. I do NOT have time for that much weeding. Rhett woke up from his nap and I got proactive. Nineteen massive bags of wood chips and mulch later and my yard is looking SO much better. I still need to mow up the weeds I pulled, but it is progress!
Sorry for the picture overload!
Maybe part of it is that I've decided to become a gardener. I want to grow food like my dad, and flowers like my mom. I have to start small though because I have more help than I can handle in my two midgets.
I spent yesterday morning at the gym, per the norm. After finishing, I felt really good so I put Rhett down for a nap and went to work. Evelyn and I weeded the garden and all the flower patches around the yard. We weeded the herbs out front and put round up on the weeds growing around the driveway.
I noticed that most of our wood chips all over the yard had disintegrated, and weeds were creeping in. I do NOT have time for that much weeding. Rhett woke up from his nap and I got proactive. Nineteen massive bags of wood chips and mulch later and my yard is looking SO much better. I still need to mow up the weeds I pulled, but it is progress!
Sorry for the picture overload!
New Much in my Forget Me Nots
Getting rid of the bare dirt look in the corner
Fresh wood chips under the play structure
Yay for more wood chips and fewer weeds!
Part of our tiny garden. Pole beans, three colors of bell pepper, carrots, and butter crunch lettuce
First crop of carrots
Peas and broccoli...no straight lines...I had help planting the seeds
Tomatoes and onions
Strawberries!!!
Parsley, rosemary, mint, and basil
New wood chips and flowers out front
No weeds!
Beautiful huh! We were at Lowes when Evelyn said, "Ooh mom! We need those flowers!"
The kids are doing SO well. Evelyn finishes her first year of preschool next week, Rhett it always busy (usually hunting for electronics), and I am just trying to keep up!
He loves his sister...
...enough to give unwelcome hugs during her nap
It was time to be up anyways
My little mess maker
...and snuggle bug
The big cheese
Evelyn was crying when she saw me with the camera. She asked me to take a picture anyways. She kept saying, "See, I can smile!"
Karate!
Power stance
Nervous about breaking the board at parents day
Nailed it!
Hiyah!
Papa, and Uncle Paul...with toes
On the phone with her friend Ella
My babies keep me on my toes...all the time. I heard them in the front room laughing and this is what I found them doing...crazy kids!
Well friends, I'd best be off. Rhett is asleep upstairs. Frozen is playing downstairs while Evelyn snores softly on the couch, and the kitchen floors are begging to be mopped! Thanks for checking in!
