Will's Last T-ball Game

The T-ball season was short! Only one month long with two games each week and no practices. Plus two games were cancelled due to weather. Will had a really great time and looks forward to playing again next year. Since the teams have five- and six-year-olds on them Will and Jack can play on the same team, lucky us! Here are a few shots from his last game.

Spagetti Face

We are those parents who wipe our childrens' faces after every bite, okay, maybe every other bite. But it was bath night and spagetti can be so fun. As you can see, Annemarie enjoyed eating and playing with her dinner.

The Big Pile of Dirt...is Gone!

Will and Jack on top of the dirt mountain. They really enjoyed digging holes and then standing or sitting in them!

Doug calls this erosion control, I call it watering a pile of dirt.

Back in the Bobcat, what a pro!

All lumpy, but getting close...

Perfectly level and ready for sod!

Annemarie "Helping" Unload the Dishwasher

Bike Riding Weather

It's finally getting warm here. This weekend Will got his first big-kid bike. We also invested in new bike helmets and the boys cannot be happier with the "cool" flames.

Annemarie's New Buggy

Annemarie received this baby buggy from my mom this week. She is not walking yet (crawling with amazing speed and climbing on everything), but at least now she's attempting to stay on her feet. She's thrilled with her new toy.

Project Update

The work continues! Doug has been very busy and we have the pictures to prove it. The weather the last few weeks hasn't been that great for prepping the house and painting, so we're hoping the weather will improve so we can get this place painted and looking good. Sod will also go in once everything is finished.
We have a huge pile of top soil in the front yard. The boys and the neighbor kids love playing in it. This is typically what the boys look like when it's time to come in.

The boys staking out where the fence will go.

The view from the house.

The front of the fence. We're planning to paint it white.

Our sad deck before without the railing and our deck now with the new railing.

Mother's Day Tea

Will's class hosted a Mother's Day Tea yesterday. It was so much fun and I'm so upset - I forgot my camera! We painted a flower pot together, had lots of fun treats to eat - there was even a chocolate fountain! Will presented me with a beautiful angel pin he had made, a framed picture (of him), a flower wand and a finger-painted placemat. We listened to a story, the students sang two songs and we all had a nice time visiting and enjoying all the all kids' hard work.

Another Peppmeier Project

We have two skid-steers, a chipper and a trash trailer currently out in our yard. That can only mean it's project time! As most of you know we live in a darling little pink house and ever since we purchased this home two years ago we've been saying we were going to paint it. Well, the time has finally come...Of course once we started talking about painting the house that lead to other projects that needed to be done. The other big one is redoing the front yard. So this past weekend Doug has been hard at work, trimming, clearing and chipping all the old landscaping (and not to mention trimming the enormous hedge that runs almost the entire length of our property).

So, what does the entire project entail?? We're having the house painted, a new railing installed on the back deck and a new front door and hardware (outdoor lights and house numbers). In the yard Doug's installing a picket fence along the front of the property, we'll be getting a load of rock for around the house, a load of top soil and new sod. I don't think I've left anything out. Needless to say Doug's been busy. We cannot wait for it to be finished! We'll post pictures as the work continues.
Doug cut everything down with clippers and a hand saw. After it was done I told him we could have purchased a chainsaw, but he said the work is good for him!?

Mr. Bobcat himself - Doug has pretty good skills when it comes to operating one of these.

All clear!

The pile of brush before...

during...

...and after! Great job Doug!