Saturday, July 11, 2009

The Kids Built a Fort


They got really motivated to make this yesterday. They were outside playing and then came in to get us to see their fort they were building. We had a lot of scraps leftover from making the chicken coop and chicken tractors. It of course needed a flag.






Little Chick Carnage?

It looks kind of bad doesn't it? Like maybe a soccer ball rolled on through and knocked them all over.




It was just a lot of excitement over a great spot for a big group dust bath though.

Monday, May 18, 2009

Their Majesties


The girls like dressing up as princesses a lot. Eudora will curtsey to Emmeline and say, "Your Majesty!" Emmeline will curtsey back and say, "I Majesty!" I love it. 

Thursday, May 14, 2009

Peas and Potatoes




Our sugar snap peas and potatoes are looking great. We have also started to pick a few peas from the back garden over the last few days.

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

My Mother's Day garden fun




I got these on Mother's Day. I had wanted an old fashioned climbing rose but it never even occurred for me to have any hopes of finding a Cecile Bruner. I love them and bought one as a teen. The ONLY old fashioned climbing rose I found was able to find was a Cecile Bruner. We are going to plant this one between the kitchen window and kitchen door and train it to climb over the top of both. 

I also got some lantana. Isaac overheard me saying how much I loved them and put them in my cart and said he wanted to get them for me. He's such a sweet little boy. I also got some lovage, golden marjoram and a giant lamb's ears. The fun stuff is I found a delicious chocolate mint, rose scented geraniums and an apple scented eucalyptus. 

That's the same trip I picked out all the seeds for the fairy garden. You'd think the cashier at a Pike's Nursery wouldn't feel the need to gasp over the amount of seed someone bought! 

There's just something about being a mother. You find that you've changed and that you find yourself thinking about your children all the time even when it's supposed to be "your" time. I can't pick out seeds and plants without constantly thinking about my children and what they would like to look at, pick and taste. 

Our biggest worm ever


The boys had just gone across the street to my parents to dig for worms to go fishing and then their daddy unearthed this in the garden. I promise it was at least 18 in long when it was relaxed. 

Some recent pictures