First things first...please allow me to introduce to you Timothy Frederick Wade.
Such a handsome little boy.
Lil T, Timmy Fred, or TF as he is known, was born 6 weeks early. He and mom have been back and forth to UAB these past weeks. Each time they leave, we are lucky enough to have his big sister Layla stay with us. (first attempt to prove we've been really busy)
We've kept the girls busy....
Abigail painted this one for Megan's mom, Mrs Julie. She loves owls.
The close up.
EG and L have been to a couple of birthday parties. The first one was for Lacie. We celebrated with her and her family just days before they moved to Alaska. That was a tough good-bye to a great family!
The party was at Mellow Mushroom...the kids got to make their own pizzas.
Layla waiting for further instruction....
Caught her a little off guard :)
Smart gal, she waited to throw the dough until the little people had sauce and cheese on theirs.
Lacie LOVED her gift from the girls.
I will miss my little Alek.
And Melissa and Ben.....
The two Melissa's. Ugh, I miss her.
The other party was for their classmate, Ali Grace. This time it was cupcakes instead of pizza.
EG and L with their party headgear :)
Each party goer got a hat and an apron.
And cupcakes.
They each got to decorate a plate of cupcakes.
It wasn't as messy as you might think...
And the cupcakes were beautiful (and tasty)
A collection of cupcakes makes up the "cupcake tree" for the birthday girl.
Happy Birthday Ali Grace!
New babies, art projects, birthday parties, and.....rotten houses. Yup, rotten. It seems when a previous owner put siding on the house they didn't have the chimney cap extended to prevent water from leaking alllll the way down the chimney and rotting it from top to bottom.
Soooo we had it torn out.
From top to bottom.
EG supervised.
Little cutie.
We took a little break from our supervisory work to pick A up from school.
I was a bit camera happy...
She was only slightly amused.
These guys made short work of this project...nearly done.
That was fast! Only 2 days total. Whew! Now I can have a rug on the porch and not worry about the rain leaking out from the chimney.
With spring in the air I decided to get ahead of the gardening this year (for the first time since we moved here)
We started by adding some rocks to the landscape to help minimize the sand floods each time it rains.
I really like it.
We took all the "unhappy" plants from all over the yard and moved them in.
We even had enough rocks left over to shore up the mudslide on the side of the shop.
There are tons and tons and tons of wildflower seeds in there. I can't wait to see it once it fills in!
Blueberry buds.
We've added a 12x5 bed to the cattle troughs and containers this year.
All prepped and ready for plants.
In fact, I would have planted today but I went to Family Fun Day instead!
Layla waiting to head to the activities. Not sure what she was doing but I thought it was cute :)
They had a TON of stuff set up for the kids. EG found the slide right away!
Up she goes....
Down she comes...
Layla preferred the bouncer.
They got tattoos.
They went fishing for prizes.
Loooooooook Mrs. Melissa.
They had a snack.
The best preschool director ever, Mrs. Stacia.
EG headed back to the slide while L and I went in to play some of the games.
She got all 3 rings. Mrs. Karen enjoyed watching her. (so did I)
A real celebration when she got the horseshoes on the ring.
We finished up the Family Fun Day with one last snack.
Busy times lie ahead....hopefully not so busy that I wait another month to share!
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