Such a slacker, but the weather has me in the mood.

So the weather here in Charlotte has been FABULOUS!!! We have been playing a lot in our backyard. It is taking forever trying to clear it out, but it looks like we might actually achieve a cleared spot soon.

The kids love to play in a cage that we found in the back. The neighbors said they kept dog toys in it. I don't know. Sounds kind of creepy to me. Aidan loves it though, so it is still up.

We have found other random things in the back:
a dog tie out thing that you tie the chain to and it twist into the ground-like an anchor
an old Frisbee
a football
a rotten children wooden bench
and an octopus. Not a real one. an old dog toy.
Sunday we found a snake and Eric ran over a salamander with the tiller.


So. We have decided to make a vegetable garden. It is my newest obsession. I think we might be taking on too big of a challenge.

To plant we have: Corn, eggplant, cucumbers, cow peas(not sure what they are, but they are purple), green beans, snow peas, fennel, swiss chard (yet again-don't know what to do with it, but it's pretty), squash, lettuce, carrots, and two types of tomatoes. The garden is 13x13 so maybe this will work out.

(Pretilled garden area)

(Aidan the Farmer)

This is Chalky the Bird. Chalky is part of our birdbath(something ELSE left in our yard from the previous owners) The kids color him with chalk EVERY time we go outside now. So I named him Chalky.

Why yes, Nate is becoming super duper adorable. He now like to tilt his head down, yet look up at you and grin. He is going to be a heart breaker when he gets older. Girls out there are not going to know what is coming!