We decided to completely revamp and expand the garden. Grams and Grampa came down for the weekend to help. Grams played with Anna while Grampa helped Mommy and Daddy install a split rail fence around the garden and put in the raised cedar beds that Daddy built. It was a lot of work and everyone was pretty worn out, but we got a lot done. We also had some trees taken down that week so Daddy and Grampa rented a log splitter. We now have enough wood to burn for the next 5 years. Take a look at the log pile...crazy!! A special thanks to Grampa for all of his hard work (and for the tomato seedlings!) and for Grams for watching Anna and cooking for all of us. It was a great weekend. The pics are included in the last reel below.
Anna finally got her big girl bed and she is so happy about it. It's a bunk bed with stairs and to top it all off, it has a bedspread with CUPCAKES on it! Anna picked it out. She now wants everything to have cupcakes on it.
The day after Grams and Grampa left, it started raining, and raining, and raining. It flooded so badly here, we had to get bussed in to pick up Anna from daycare one day because the police and national guard had closed all the roads! Luckily we didn't have any damage at the house, though the bridge down the road to our house nearly washed out and the houses next to it have lakes for backyards currently. The first picture below is a couple of confused ducks thinking out back driveway is a pond :-)
We were going to go to the Burrells for Easter, but we had so much yard work still to do. We decided to stay in East Lyme and work on the yard, but we took Saturday morning off to have breakfast with the Easter bunny. Anna had on a pretty dress and shoes she calls her "glass slippers." She was very good with Mr. Easter Bunny and he received lots of hugs from Anna once she found out he was giving out chocolate eggs!
After our fun with the Easter bunny, Mommy and Daddy got back to work in the yard and Anna had a great time playing outside. She had a picnic, played with her dinosaurs, enjoyed her playset, and blew lots of bubbles with Mommy! Daddy built Mommy a beautiful entrance to her garden and she couldn't be happier. I think Daddy's getting the husband of the year award for that one ;-)
