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I thought I'd join in on Sarah Mae's "31 Days to Clean - The Reboot". Sarah Mae will be listing a new challenge every day (Monday through Friday) beginning on June 4th. I figure a little extra motivation and "we're in this together" feelings can't hurt! Here's the link to Sarah Mae's page about June's cleaning adventure. See you Monday with the first installment!
This has been quite the week or so when it comes to things coming together in our house and yard. First, the kids received a rather big gift on the weekend - a giant, incredibly well constructed play house for the yard. A friend built it for his own children but as they are now in their 20s he thought it should be passed along to another generation of little girls to enjoy. It's amazing and the girls have been playing in it nonstop.
It is spring cleanup time in our town, which means any and all garbage of any size and description can be left out with your regular garbage and the town staff will pick up and dispose of it at no charge. This also means treasure hunting season! After all, one person's junk is another person's treasure. I found a beautiful pine headboard and foot board in one such garbage heap. Dwayne picked it up for me one day on his way home from work. I love it! I've been looking for a headboard for ages but hadn't found one I really liked or that was in a reasonable price range. Free is even better! For now the headboard is just propped up until we make some side rails but it makes me happy.
I went to the neighbouring town for a dental appointment yesterday and stopped at their local greenhouse and home dec type store. I wound up with a very pretty shell planter and got a great deal on slightly fixer-upper fountain. The kids and I have been talking about getting a fountain for a few summers now and so we are all quite excited about this new addition to the yard.
This funny little fellow came home with us from the greenhouse last Friday. I couldn't resist!
Dwayne has got a very real start on our addition this week! Hooray! Two floor sections have been constructed, three more to go and then we can start on the log walls. SO exciting.
Happy birthday to my dear sister Lindsey! I wish we could celebrate with lots of cake in person, but that is a bit tricky seeing as we live on opposite sides of a very large country. However, I propose that we celebrate AGAIN in August. More cake is always a good thing! I hope you have a wonderful day amidst the busyness of being a mom to two very sweet little people. I love you!
P.S. Pop on over to Lindsey's blog "Little Hearth" to wish her a happy birthday if you wish! :)
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Okay, that was probably my longest blog post title ever. We are sure enjoying the warmer temperatures around here. The snow has gone, plants are starting to green up a little, the trees have tiny buds, and the mosquitoes are making their prescence known. Spring is finally here! Here are a few photos from a recent playdate in a friend's yard. We spend a lot of time there in the warmer months as her yard somehow seems to have fewer mosquitoes than anyone else's! Don't know why that is, but we love it! There's been a lot happening in our yard the last week or so as well. I don't have pictures yet though, so those will have to be for another post.
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The daylight hours are getting longer and longer. Sunset is now around 9:40p.m. It makes for later nights because it is so easy to lose track of time. We often look at the clock and say, "Is it that late already? It doesn't feel like it." Those extra hours of sun in the evenings can give quite the energy boost. Tonight, my energy boost is being split between cleaning the windows (sunlight also reveals all the dust you may have missed!) and trying to organize the clothing storage upstairs (again).
We are keeping European supper hours, and rarely eating before 7:30p.m. Tonight we are barbequing. The kids are roaring around in the yard, Dwayne is edging logs for the addition, and Emma and I are plodding away inside. I will go out and join in the fun before the sun disappears, but it is nice to have a few quiet(er) moments to get some tasks done.
