Wednesday, March 21, 2012

bringing in spring...

spring weather (more like summer weather) sure is giving us all a treat this week! this gave us a chance to get out yesterday and do some spring planting...
talen planted grass in small clay pots last year & when i asked him yesterday if he wanted to do it again i got a quick YES!
he took the wheel this year and off he went planting, he's no rookie anymore...
water...water...water...
blake took the role as grounds crew...
   
and mumma planted her annual pansies...
 welcome spring!



Sunday, March 18, 2012

you can't catch me...

we decided to start a new tradition this year and have some fun on st.patrick's day...
 we were going to try and catch a leprachaun!
 talen and i put together a trap with hopes to catch that lil guy!
the plan was for him to climb up the ladder we made of tree branches to go after the "gold" talen made and fall into the bucket!
so we or "mumma" did some decorating the night before st.patrick's day for the leprachaun...


lets just say that leprachaun was not very happy we tried to catch him!

just like what we read in our book, a terrible mess was made!
 tipped over chairs...
shamrocks and shredded green everywhere!


 to hear talen explain what this leprachaun did to nunna & grammy on the phone was too darn cute!

although he ran away with talen's "gold" he did leave behind a pot of gold and treats for the boys...
once the mess was cleaned up we continued on with some green fun...
 green chocolate chip pancakes...yum!

poor ryman had his turn of feeling under the weather that morning and ate his pancakes on the couch...
 got green milk?
i made some festive cookies...mint chocolate chip!

talen and i took on a challenge to see how much "green" we could find for him to wear...
lucky to have these three boys to celebrate fun days like st.patrick's day!
we hope you had a great day too!





Thursday, March 15, 2012

pet rocks...

we've been enjoything this weather and i'm sure you have too...
monday afternoon we went for a walk to gather up some rocks...
these rocks were soon to be pet rocks...
buckets were full so we ventured back home to the paint supplies...
say hello to our pet rocks!
pretty cute AND low maintenance pets!