Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Swimmingly

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Monday, June 28, 2010

A Little Progress

We gave our aging bodies a rest from digging today.  Harv got the table, ladder, and rock wall mostly done. 

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2010-06-28_003This doesn’t include the hole from the eucalyptus tree that we filled in.  There is a lot more to  come…where are we going to put all of the dirt from my pool? : ) 

 

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2010-06-28_013 Not sure what happened to the third one!  They seem to like the clean water I finally provided for them.  They still need to be named.  They are kind of fun to watch.  These guys are more active than Tad was.  He liked hanging out in the castle…ironic huh!

Saturday, June 26, 2010

Hard at Work

 It was a very long work day.  Harv got the four holes dug and the structure in now cemented in place.   Since our dirt area is SO HARD we decided we better dig a large area around the playset and fill it in with sand rather than keep running to the doctor’s to check for fractures.  It’s going to be a whole lot of dirt…need dirt?

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Harv wanted me to carry this thing from the patio, across the lawn, and onto the dirt…?!  I came up with the ingenious idea and saved my back.  It worked perfectly.

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2010-06-26_041 Disclaimer:  I can’t bear it any longer!  I did not cut Erik’s hair.  I just have to say that because all evidence is to the contrary.  I’ll just fess up and say that when we went to the $8 hair place Harv went first, so when it was time for Erik, instead of sitting him on my lap I just sat him on Harvey’s.  It was a gal we hadn’t had before so I watched her start with the back and I was so happy someone finally used the clippers back there that I decided to go read a couple trashy tabloids instead of manning the lookout.  When I went back I realized she just spun him around and clipped straight across his front.  Lesson learned!  Good thing he is so darn cute!  So now he eye is healing but I have to wait for his hair to grow out to get their pictures taken…I hate to even think of what could happen by then!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Get Ready to Swing!

This little swing set has gotten a lot of use!  We had to take out the seesaw because it was not level and we finally added sand under the swing after a couple of falls on the rock hard dirt…but then the red swing was broken and it seemed like the right time…

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      I just can’t figure out why we can’t get to the master bath!

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for a new and improved one!  We may not even need to attach the slide!

 

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The perils of off-roading (in a toddler car)

 

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Brothers! : )

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Harvest

Our plums are delicious once again but it is such a small crop!?  We don’t know if it is the amount of rain, bees, cycle…?  We’re loving what we have though. 

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2010-06-18_005 We have cooked with our Italian parsley and have enjoyed our strawberries and now lettuce…the squash are starting to blossom!

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To each his own souvenir!  Ryan and his cousin walked on the track and collected pieces of the Nascar tires!  : )