Spring Yard Cleanup

Spring is a time for change. On Friday we converted Naomee's crib into it's day bed version. It didn't make that transformer sound (and was much slower than on the show), but Ben thought it should have.

Of course, I finished it just before Naomee's nap. Needless to say to most parents, she did not stay it bed to take her nap. After 5 times of putting her back in bed, we just let her stay up and play. It's actually good therapy for her to keep getting in and out of bed as she plays, as it is a good stretch to climb in and helps her develop trust in herself to get back down.

So that night she was very tired. We put her in bed and went down to watch TV. When we came up to go to bed, we always check on the little ones. Here is what we found...

Then Saturday morning we started our sibling spring yard clean up. Our house was the first to host, and man, did everyone work hard. Okay, maybe not the girls so much, but they are too cute to work, right?

Overgrown bushes were trimmed in the back yard. The side strip next to the fence was rototilled and is ready for planting peas and beans.

The three giant evergreen bushes were removed from the front of the house. We are planning on putting a raised strawberry patch in their place.

Then we gathered it all to haul it off. I'm sure the soccer parents across the street and all our neighbors passing by were a little worried as we created a huge mess before cleaning it all up.

Nathan and his cousin were happy to hop on the roof and clean out the gutters after Nate and I removed and cleared the downspouts. Glad we got that all cleaned out. It has been needed for a while, plus it looks like we will have rain every day this week.

Kira had all kinds of fun sucking up leaves. She put on her MP3 player and rocked out. We caught her dancing a few times. It's great to have fun while you're working!

I was supplying the power. There was so much labor available. Besides directing the work I got to rototill,  run the power around, edge the lawn and haul debris.

What a beautiful day too! We all ended up with varied degrees of sun burn. Of course me and my Danish kids got it worst. I am a redneck! At least for a week or two.