Workity, Workity

Twinkle Toes pruned out masses of rhubarb
our raspberries are leafing out

the beginnings of our compost pile

our umbrella clothesline

Goobie did a fair amount of jumping today, yeah, we got our trampoline repaired this week, the first day we got it back Daddy had to take a spin on it and sprung a spring loose already! Adults are now banned from the trampoline.

Today was one of those WORK days for us! We stayed outside the whole day working in the yard, and as Southerners say, my dogs are barking. I can barely stand up and it's only 5 o'clock. Pregnancy definitely adds to my tiredness. The hubby dug a gigantic hole and we buried a concrete support for our new clothesline that our neighbor gave us. Twinkle Toes and I planted some lettuce and cilantro and flowers and we weeded the raspberry patch. Then Daddy hauled some dirt around the yard and we are trying to create a compost pile, which we have been saying for a couple of years now we would get started. Our neighbor bought us some grape vines but we have yet to get them planted and the other chore we didn't get to was figuring out all the irrigation hoses and getting everything hooked up for summer watering. Our plum tree, apple trees, and peach trees are all blooming so we got some fertilizer stakes and are going to try and urge them on to producing lots of fruit!

A little story about Gracie Goo.....after she came home from the hospital I made her a blurb book with pictures documenting everything she went through in the hope that one day when she was much older I would be able to give it to her and explain what happened. Well, smart as a whip goobie britches already found the book and she knows it is all about her and she is OBSESSED with it. She looks at it all the time. The other day she got it down and she was looking at it and she said, "Look Mommy, I was wrapped in a pink and blue blanket and you were sad." Then she will point to her "line" (her scar on her belly) and tell me how the "dockors" had to cut into her. So much for the book being a big surprise in later years. She already knows the whole story and she is only 2 years old!

Grace is now fully potty trained. She hasn't had an accident for over a week, so I think it's official. Man, she was easy. She is now to the point when she has to "go" she WANTS to go in the potty. Woo Hoo!