For one, we've moved the oldest 2 to their own rooms. It's really nice that they each have their own space now, especially with the baby coming, they like being able to call a space their own. Austen's always shared a room, since he was a baby, so it's been a bit of an adjustment for him but we've put doorbells right by their bed so if they need us, they can ring the doorbell and it will ring in our room!
Megan chose pink and purple this time for her room. Here are the results: (and yes, her room is very messy because, of course, she had to play in her new room a lot right away)
Austen chose a "Diego" room, which has blue and white on the walls and a Diego border. Mason is getting the exact same replica in his own room. Austen's bunk bed was painted red (huge job!). Here are the results:
Ian worked super hard at laying the tiles for the path from the deck to the hot tub. It looks amazing! It took him a whole day but the results are awesome. Our inflatable hot tub looks great and it's nice and secluded behind the pool.
Ian also worked so hard at the play structure for the kids and getting that all ready. His dad and brother helped cut down a few trees one day and pull stumps another day. Then, Ian hauled sand and filled the sandbox. Huge job all together and it's massive. It's very similar to the play structure we had set up when I had the daycare at the other house but we decided that it's so much easier to have sand around the play structure than grass which has to be cut around.
Today we finally planted our garden. A bit late, but it's in.
The kids "helped". They each have their own little plot, separated by Dollar Store fences. We told the kids they could each pick any 3 seeds they wanted. Megan planted green beans, violets, and corn. Austen chose carrots, sunflowers, and cantaloupe (!). It'll be very interesting to see how it all turns out as they paraded through their plots several times, stamping on everything many times. Austen planted cantaloupe seeds which will take 3 months to grow (if they do), and VERY close together.
Mason has his own little plot in which he and I put a rectangle of popsicle sticks in which he planted a few seeds. 4 sunflowers are expected to grow. We'll see.... :) At least he won't be walking all over them or weeding through them with the popsicle stick fence around the seeds.
Enjoying some freezies after planting. The Motts Fruitsation ones are sooo good! They're made with 100% fruit and no added sugar. Love 'em.
The garden is way behind our house. It's actually in quite a nice little spot. Lots of sun. We have a little path between the trees that guides us into a big clearing, surrounded by trees. The actual garden ended up being much bigger than we originally planned but it's kind of good because we ended up planting a lot. My biggest thing that I was sooo excited for is having come across a red currant plant/shrub. I've been wanting red currants forever! Bought 3 right away. Here's hoping they'll do well in our newly prepared garden. Super excited!
We also planted green beans, carrots, yellow beans, cucumbers, broccoli, green and red peppers, lettuce, parsley, pumpkins, watermelon, and cantaloupe. We've got some corn as well and a few flowers for colour. And, of course, sunflowers. Also some strawberries, raspberries, and red currants. Can't wait to see if it'll take, since starting a garden is always kind of a gamble. You never know if the soil is good enough for the veggies to grow.
After planting the garden, and being eaten alive by the mosquitoes, we enjoyed some time in the hot tub. First time this year. It's just a small one, and it's an inflatable one so not a big purchase or anything, but it certainly does the trick! Very relaxing...
Then a perfect summer supper to finish off the day. BBQ chicken, salad, carrots, and potatoes. Hmmmm.... Aside from the mosquitoes and deer flies, a wonderful day.
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