Happy Birthday Susi! You are old!
Let's start with the best group shot of the day. Okay so Lynn's the only one looking at the camera. But at least you can kinda see most of the kid's faces.
Unfortunately, we Fixes couldn't stay all day, but during the few hours we had together, we enjoyed building mini log cabins...
Rolling around in giant pancakes...
Being fierce knights...
Grocery shopping...
Painting...
Driving...
Reliving my childhood with a giant Lite Brite...
and pacifiering.
And of course, Rock loved being with Adeline most of all. He's a fool for love.
So have you heard about EarthBoxes? They are a really cool planting system that enables you to grow a ton of veggies in a small space. And considering our backyard is all concrete, we needed an option that allows you to grow plants without planting in the ground.
Did you know you could make your own 'earthbox' and save money? They are ugly, but they are awesome.
Did you know that we also have a really ugly wall in our backyard? With ugly utility boxes and trashcans, this section of our backyard has always been an eyesore.
Enter my hunky gardener. Remember him? He decided to a) make our own earthboxes and b) make a beautiful wooden structure to disguise the ugly homemade earthboxes and the ugly part of our yard. Here they are half-way done.
Once they were done, he added clematis and another climbing flowering vine (name escapes me!) to grow around the lattice and hide the trashcans.
He's so modest, he wouldn't even let his full identity be known. I refuse to reveal his name, but I will let you know that I am SO grateful for all his hard work cultivating our own mini-garden in the backyard. We plan on enjoying lots of basil, peppers, tomatoes, squash, etc. all Summer long!
Oh and in case you think the other side of the yard was neglected, it wasn't. That's where the majority of our herbs grow. I'm so glad I have a hunky gardener as I also have a black thumb.
Sometimes eating is exhausting. When we stepped away from the table the other day, Louisa passed out right into her peanut butter and honey sandwich.
Poor tired girl (with beautiful long lashes!).
Fix and his family pride themselves on finding the best in the bunch. In case you didn't know, you should THUMP the watermelons at the store and whichever one has the deepest, hollowest sound is the best of the bunch. Apparently this was the best in the bunch, so I guess the bunch was bad.
I will not reveal the name of the person who selected this gross watermelon. But I will reveal that my children ate a lot of it. They get their watermelon love from my husband. Apparently we need to work on refining their tastebuds.
Remember this little guy?
Now he's gotta little sister (who is about the same age as he was when he first started sporting that towel).
She really looks up to him.
And they have a lot of fun together.
Especially in their hooded towels.**
