The New Friday Afternoon

Things have been crazy around the house. A longer commute makes for a more hectic morning and less time for the girls to play once we get home. The end of a quarter means grades and comment writing. And the change in season means that there are a lot of things that Steve and I want to get done in the next few weeks. This is my feeble way of making excuses for not posting in a week!

Yesterday was gorgeous here, and when we finally got out of rush hour traffic there was just enough time to hang out in the backyard. This is our new Friday afternoon activity, and I think everyone is enjoying it.

Pretending to be witches (note that the giant hole from
the pool is now filled in and waiting for grass seed)

Witches often ride lacrosse sticks

This picture is certainly frightening

Pouting

Boog enjoying the great outdoors

Lucy and Boog bonding - I think Boog
is less thrilled with this arrangement

After playing in the backyard, we headed out to the front so that I could weed a few flower gardens while we waited for Steve to get home.

The sign by our front door - we're official!

My children are not perfect by any means, but one thing that I think they do particularly well is play independently and (most of the time) play together. Lucy asked to get "the guys" and they immediately plopped down by a garden and sat and played for 30 minutes uninterrupted.

Note that random piling of pavers/bricks/stones in a random corner of the house. This is project #28 on the list. The goal is that sometime in the next few weeks these stones will be ripped out, the ground will be leveled, new stones will be put back in, and there will be some potted plants and such to spruce it up.

And now we are off to Lucy's first soccer game of the spring. More pics to come :-)