When you have dirt. Will and our friend Jason hauled 3 truck loads of dirt to our house last weekend. I haven't been able to keep the little kids out of it.
The other day I heard Drew go outside and before I could stop him he was in the dirt pile, no shoes, no worries...
I put a dab of yellow paint and a dab of blue paint in a pie pan. I let the boys drive their cars through the paint and then drive them on the paper. They loved it. My 3 year old realized that when you mix the 2 colors together you get green! 
Sunday we spent the day at home and I got lots of yard work and burning done. Will and his friend Jason hauled 3 truck loads of dirt to our house. It took them all afternoon. The little boys spent ALL evening and afternoon playing in the new dirt. They were completely entertained and completely filthy. I wish I would have gotten a picture of Drew. We ended up grilling out and having dinner with our friends, made s'mores around the fire and then playing some cards.
Monday I had a headache :( It pretty much ruined my day. We did go to my grandparents 60th wedding anniversary party in the afternoon. It was nice seeing everyone just wish I felt better.
Drew had taken out the chairs in the back of the van and put his bike in all by himself! He was ready to go.
Today was the first day that we went completely around the pond. I have done this before towing them behind me in the bike trailer. But today they actually walked (rode) the entire way on their own. Of course we had to take a few breaks here and there to rest! And have a snack.
We sat and watched this momma duck and her 4 little ducklings. Which we decided must be Widdle, Waddle, Piddle, Puddle and Little Quack, except I kept telling Brodie there was only 4 so someone must be hiding. He agreed with me. This was really funny since one of his favorite books is Little Quack Hide and Seek.
This was towards the end of our walk. Our last break before heading back to the van. Can you tell they are getting tired? Drew was happy to sit in the shade and said "this is nice and cool" which I agreed with but got a chuckle out of since it seemed funny for a 2 year old to say that.
I figured they would be so exhasted they both would crash on the way home. But ohhh no. They were still going. And wouldn' t you know it, it ended up being a no nap day. I know they will sleep good tonight.
Mostly Will just spent the next hour fixing every one's fishing pole. Drew's was broken when we got there. Not like he cared much. Typical Drew was just too busy to fish anyway he was much happier playing in the water...and mud. In this picture he is pulling seaweed off his foot.
Within the first 5 minutes of us being there he fell into the water. Soaking and muddying his shoes and socks.
They actually did get a little fishing in. No bites but that's ok. 
We had a really good time and the weather was beautiful. We returned home to find Jake feeling better. We had ice cream for dessert and spent the rest of the night relaxing.
Jake went to see the Orthopedic doctor on Monday. He thought his break looked well aligned and it should heal fine. He has to wear his cast for about 4 weeks. He was pretty happy to have it on before school got out. The coolest thing is the signatures you know. I was happy that he doesn't have to have it on as long as we first thought.
In the afternoon we spent time playing outdoors at home and the little boys helped me water the garden and flowers. They could have spent the entire evening watering if we let them. They had alot of fun with that!
We had a wonderful summery dinner which included smoked porkchops on the grill. I made some corn bread which we smothered in my nieces homegrown honey. 
Today is suppose to be just as nice. Tonight is Family Night so I am thinking a picnic is in order for dinner and hitting up another park!
I got lots of yard work done yesterday. I finally mowed the yard. The grass was so long! Will and the boys minus Jake helped rake and move grass to the garden where I spread it out to use as mulch. The rest we put in our compost bins. I love the smell and look of a freshly mowed yard.
6 games/puzzels to play with the little boys. For a grand total of $5.50
Well we almost made it to Summer before our first broken bone of the year. Jake broke his hand yesterday. And what is amazing is that he did it to himself. He slammed his own hand in his locker. He broke it in 2 places.
Here are a couple of pictures of Tony's Marble Project for school. The goal of the project is to make a marble maze lasting at least 10 seconds using items from around your house. Tony did great and his looked really good. His marble took anywhere from 13-18 seconds to get to the bottom so he got 100%!
This is our new furniture. Well, new to us. Without going into too many details, we got this leather furniture for free. It was going to be tossed out because it was unwanted and extremely dirty. It was actually pretty much coated in mud when I received it. After spending the entire afternoon cleaning it yesterday this is how it turned out. It looks great! We have needed new furniture for a really long time but just didn't want to invest the money into it! Will has always wanted leather so this is perfect! And, you can't beat free!
You know it is almost the end of the school year when you have the Elementary Relays. The kids get to sign up for different events and the spend the afternoon at the highschool. 
The younger kids and I went to watch Tony Friday afternoon. He ran in the sack race (2nd place) the T-ball hit (5th place) and the soft ball throw (6th place). 
He had a good time and got to leave early to come home with me so that was the best part for him! The younger boys did really well thanks in part by the fact that I brought Brodies constructions trucks for him to play with in the dirt.
I had a great Mother's Day. My hubby took me out to dinner on Saturday night and on Sunday I was made this for breakfast...
Crepes with Strawberry Sauce. Very fancy. I was given some really nice cards from all my boys and also this...
A Gala apple tree! I was so excited. 
I got my garden almost completely planted. Still waiting on a few peppers, cucumbers and melons but everything else is in. We made the garden quite a bit bigger this year. I am really excited to see how it does.
Popcorn, M & M's, peanuts and Fruit Loops...it doesn't get any better than that!
It's amazing anything got put into the baskets!
I am off to Colo for the weekend to help my in-laws with their garage sale. The whole town is having a sale. Looking forward to finding some good treasurers! Have a great weekend!
