Yard Work

Today we had a yard work day. We went out right after breakfast, about 9:30am, and started working. I cut down the huge vines near the front door and Brice and I took turns digging/slicing the roots out. Once the vines were gone I raked the "Liriope hill" and Brice raked the "Rose of Sharon" flower bed and Nathan shoveled the leaves into the wheel barrow which we dumped on our compost pile (many times). Nathan has just gotten a brand new nifty little shovel from Home Depot that's just his size but still strong and sturdy. Last year's Miss Spider shovel was cute but it didn't take Nathan long to break the wooden handle off. We're hoping this new one is a little tougher.

At around 1:30pm we took a break and went to Culver's for lunch (well Nathan had just finished a peanut butter and jelly sandwich, a cup of grape applesauce and a sliced apple, the kid's a bottomless pit). The weather was nice (got up to 57 degrees, perfect for yard work) so we ate outside at the picnic table near the fountain.

Nathan wanted a peach tree to go with the Asian Pear tree we have in the yard because he "likes peaches a lot more than pears" so we went to Home Depot again (third time this week) and got a peach tree to plant and also got raspberry, blueberry and blackberry bushes to plant (actually they are more like sticks but they hope to be bushes someday).

When we got home around 3:15pm Nathan called Brandon to see if he could "have a playover". Nathan and I went to pick up Brandon and went to Joe Glik park while Brice continued the yard work. We stayed at Joe Glik park for about 45 minutes then came home. Nathan and Brandon played in the basement, Brice took a shower and I tried to clean off my desk in between calls of "Nathan/Brandon is bothering me!!!!" "Will you put on a video for us?" "Nathan won't share!!!!" "Brandon won't get out of my way!!!" ...etc...etc... are we having fun yet?

Around 6pm I made dinner which included pancakes, plums, tossed salad, pizza bread, roast beef sandwhich, oatmeal bread, apple and whatever leftovers we found in the fridge. After dinner Brandon "borrowed" some toys from Nathan (which he does every time he comes over and we pretty much never see them again) and Nathan and I took him home while Brice stayed home to clean up the dinner table.

When we got home Nathan went right into the tub. He then had 15 minutes to play with his trains before getting ready for bed routine. He's now in his jammies reading some books with Brice while he has a snack (I said he's a bottomless pit). Another good but exhausting day!