In the spring garden

Outside

While daddy to Drama Queen to the city pool, Mischief and Sunshine played outside.

We went down to the playground where they were far more interested in the stuff ("caterpillars" as I recall calling them) falling from the trees than they were with the slides.

Mischief went down the slide purely because there was a huge pile of them on it and she wanted to push them off.

Then we went back to our house where Mischief declared it to be too too hot, so I put on the sprinkler.

At Sunshine's age, the other girls HATED the sprinkler, and might stand just barely close enough to the edge of the water where the could get their hands wet.  Not Sunshine.  The kid walked right into it.

Our fun ended when they decided they were actually cold, and as we were walking into the house on one side, Daddy and Drama Queen were coming in the other.  Perfect timing!

Happy Mother's Day!

I decided we'd make Mother's Day the one day a year that I'm on the opposite side of the camera.

Sunshine-y day

Yesterday we weeded most of the front garden (or un-weeded if you're Amelia Bedelia).  Today pulled out all the grass trying to take over the back garden spot.  And killed a centipede.  Was going to include a picture, but those things creep me out.

Mischief helped plant carrots and parsnips and I planted beets and radishes.  The weather we've had the last few days (not too hot, not too cold, a day or two of rain) made the cabbages and broccoli and kale plants perk up quite a bit.  The pea plants grew another inch and the swiss chard plants that aren't entirely dead look like they'll last the year.

We planted calendula seeds in the front as well.

Mischief played with worms and rollie-pollies and smashed spiders and pincher bugs.  And washed rocks.

All the while Sunshine was supposed to be sleeping, but she's decided to take upon herself the stereo type of "terrible twos" even though she still has 2 months to go on that...we could hear her screaming when we went around front to plant flower seeds.  So I pulled her out and she helped us water the yard and then we made lunch and Sunshine refused to eat and then I decided it was for sure nap time.  And now she's doing her best attempts at realistic crying (not her best impressions though) and I'm going to go take a shower so I can wash the dirt out of my hair that she so kindly repeatedly dumped on me before our first nap attempt....here's a picture of her from last week:

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Sometimes, I just want to gripe.  So instead, I am silent.  Cause I have a friend on facebook, a once upon a time co-worker that I never was really friends with, but ya know, I have a spying on people issue so yes, please friend me so I can look at all your pictures...anyway, the only times she posts on facebook is to swear (aka curse aka cuss) about her day.  I admit that's what my twitter account is for, but minus the curse words.  Anyway.  Rather than gripe, I remain silent.  or post pictures.  But I have no new pictures at the moment.  So have a lovely day.

Mr. Man gets a trombone

 Mr. Man's brother called this morning wanting to know if he was interested in a trombone at this yard sale he was at.  It was $10.  He also came home with a high quality plastic pan flute.

 It is pretty.  No maker, pretty dinged up, but all parts move.  And it's cute. It totally has character. He'll test it out tomorrow after I sterilize the mouth piece.

uvu computer is back until june

My sad excuse for lettuce

 the leeks that haven't really grown in a month

 kale, broccoli, cabbage

 the peas

 Happily the strawberries have returned with a vengence

 Garlic

 The joust tournament

 Medieval Lego city

 tiny clear teddy bear (pretty sure it's a lalaloopsy accessory)

 Pigtails while wet:

 Far more adorable when dry:

 Sunshine's preferred way to sit in her chair