George and Ward

George and Ward are cute together right now. Ward likes to play Batman with George but he insists on being Batman and George is Robin. George is surprisingly amenable to this and likes to be Robin, but he instructs Ward on how to be Batman the whole time.

Pretend Beach Day

 I gave the kids each a pair of sunglasses at Easter and they have been looking for reasons to wear them as much as possible. It's very cute. So we had the sprinkler on and the baby pool set up the other day. They decided to pretend they were at the beach. George and Joffre were especially keen that everyone knew what equipment they needed. Renata got an umbrella for Easter and sunglasses. So when she came out with those things and laid on a towel George said, "Renata has everything for the beach...except a pail and shovel." He looked accusingly at me like I was supposed to have provided this at some point.

Mother's Day

Easter

 Yes, I am finally getting  around to putting up the Easter pictures. We hid their baskets in our room and let the kids search for them after breakfast.

 This is a few days before they got to go shopping with money Grandma sent.

Renata is wearing her dress that she picked out. It was a beautiful day and we had a great time at our church's lamb roast after service.

Resurrection Ball

Here are a few pictures from the ball but I thought there were more. I thought Joffre took more pictures and maybe he thought I took more pictures. Sorry not a lot of picture is what I am saying here. And not one of me.

Resurrection Ball Centerpieces

We had our annual Resurrection Ball and I did the center pieces for it. I didn't know I was doing them till a week before and I had very little to spend on them. The day before the ball I decided to do what I usually so which is float a few flowers in a bubble bowl but I came up with a more exciting twist to it. I added iris leaves wrapped around the bottom. They came out nicely and were so easy. For the flowers I was excited that it was at a later date this year because my peonies were blooming except the day of the ball there was only one in bloom! So while trimming a hedge I realized I liked the greenery and just stuck the one peony in with it. I used some of my peach colored iris with the other. Viola!

Garden Tour

 I've planted 2 rows of blueberries and I'm working on an arbor for the 2 raspberries I have.

 As you round the corner I have 2 rows of trees I am planting. We already have 2 dogwoods that are great for climbing and then a nectarine and a peach tree. I am hoping to get two apple trees soon.

 The kids corner with the playhouse and sandbox.

 Then this year I have built 7 raised beds myself ( I'm not proud or anything.)

 This is the beginning of a rock raised bed I am placing by our patioish area. It looks pretty rough right now but I am still working on it.

 This is the patio area.

 Some of the raised beds are terraced with a higher half of the bed. I really liked how these came out.

 This is my tepee for the pea plants. I thought it would look neat and be fun for the kids. I am in the process of making trellises for all these beds.

I had to make a new trellis for this rose and used an old baby gate I got at a garage sale. And I forgot to add the crape myrtle and iris by the back door but otherwise that is the fenced part of yard in a nutshell. I also have blackberries, and a fig tree  among other plants on the outside of the fence and we planted hedge plants ( holly and boxwood) outside the perimeter of the fence this year in preparation for taking it down in a few years.