Yard Work

More of my husband's handiwork... We had a pretty steep area by the side of the house that would not grow grass. Scott decided to build a 2 level flower bed... The top level has shrubs and the bottom layer has flowers. It's a nice little touch to the backyard. And we don't have to look at the bare dirt anymore!


I am certainly not the gardeners that my mom & my aunts are... unfortunately, that gene did not get passed on! But I do manage to get my lillies to come back each year. These lillies were first started at my duplex (2 houses ago). When I moved to my first house, I took 3 bulbs and planted them at the side of the garage. They multiplied enough that I split them a couple of times and moved them to various spots. When we moved to this house, of course I had to bring a few. I think I brought 3 (maybe 4) to this house. This is our 3rd summer here and you can see how they've multiplied! I LOVE these flowers - they're so pretty!

Career Day

In 10+ years of life in the accounting world, one thing I've decided is that my kids will grow up to do something they love. I don't LOVE accounting. I'm good at it, but I certainly don't love it. I want my kids to grow up to do what they LOVE.

I thought these conversations were way off in the future... but lo and behold, the other night, Luke announced that he knew what he wanted to be when he grew up.

Me: What's that Luke? What do you want to be when you grow up?

Luke: A chicken clown.

Me: [nothing at first! What would you have said?] Really? What does a chicken clown do?

Luke: [in a very matter-of-fact tone] They juggle chickens on plates.

Me: Oh, I see. Where did you see this? On one of your cartoons? On a movie?

Luke: No, Mommy. It's just what I want to do.


Let's just hope there are more career conversations to come...

Love these people!

Mother's Day

I had another great mother's day... my kids made special flowers out of tissue paper complete with a card (thanks, Jen!) and my husband gave me an iTunes card so I can download my Glee music.

We were at my mom & dad's for the weekend. My brother was also in town. The weather was crazy windy and a little cold on Saturday, but that didn't stop the kids from getting out on their tractor. Sunday was nicer, so of course that meant more time out on the tractor!

Luke loves his Uncle Wade!

thanks to Scott for taking the picture!

sweetest kids in the world!

Extracising

Luke loves to "extracise". That's how he says it. He not only loves to play with the treadmill (see Invention post), but he loves to run and walk on it. He knows how it works and he knows how fast he can go.

I had to post some video of him extracising... and please forgive my laughter in the background. It still cracks me up.

Inventions

Luke has a new favorite thing to do in the playroom...

He will say "Come see my new invention".

This is code for turn on the treadmill and make a giant mess.

I do love the creativity of it... it started with the play food bucket. He would take out the play food (say, an apple) and put it near the top of the treadmill belt. Then, he'd turn on the treadmill and the apple would make its way down the "assembly" belt. Soon, the food bucket was empty, thanks to the help of his assistant, Marissa, who would hand him something each time an item fell off the belt.

Every toy in that playroom has been on the assembly line... big toys, little toys, you name it.