Daddy's Little Helper

Spring at the Discovery Center Wetlands

Friday was a beautiful day. Cate didn't have school so I took the kids to the wetlands at the Discovery Center. This is one of our favorite places to visit especially in the spring when everything is blooming and baby animals are arriving.

We saw two Great Blue Herons, geese, snakes, Mallard ducks with babies and lots of tadpoles.


We remembered to take our nets so we could catch tadpoles to check to see if they had legs yet.


Cate caught some and didn't even mind touching them.


Reed managed to catch one all by himself and was sooooo proud.


We had a picnic and really had a good day together. Later that day, Nanna and Grandpa came over and we grilled out and tested out the new fire pit. I think we all collapsed into bed that night.

Spring is in the Air

We're enjoying the Spring. Everything is blooming or so green. Birds are singing all around us. The kids are enjoying nature.



They stay up way past their bedtime because we just can't make ourselves go inside.



Reed and I made a bluebird nesting box. We have a male bluebird checking out Cate's box.



Our pink dogwood bloomed this year. Amazing since I thought it died last year in the drought.

Cate's New Do

Cate has been asking to have her hair cut shorter. We finally did it.

Sunday morning conversation with Reed

Reed: Hey Mommy I stayed dry last night.
Me: That's great Reed. Did you have to get up in the night to potty or do you just wait until the morning?
Reed: It stays in there all night!



(Reed decided that he wanted to wear underwear to bed last week. He just willed himself to stay dry and he hasn't had an accident all week. I've been blown away because he never stayed dry when he wore a pull up and he sleeps so hard. He got some new Clone Wars undies.)

Things you thought you would never have to say #1

Son your pants are on backwards and you're wearing two hats.

The Fire Pit

I have wanted a fire pit for a while now and I finally decided to do it. I found a video on You Tube that didn't look too difficult. I went to Lowe's and bought 39 pavers and had them loaded into the back of the minivan. It was riding low on the way home. I went home and got out all the tools in the shed, picked out where I wanted it to go, laid out the pavers to get an idea of the size, marked off the area, dug up the grass and tried to level it out, and finally stacked the pavers in place. I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out, although I haven't had a chance to try it yet. If I'm still able to move tomorrow then I may try it in the evening. I got some Peeps on clearance and I really want to make some Smeeps.