Sleeping Beauty to Mud Princess

I couldn't resist getting a picture of Sugar all snuggled with her chicken this morning...

Of course, she can't be sweetness all the time.  This is how she ended the day...

Playing in the waterhole her brother and sister created in the sandbox!

Until next time...

Wordless Wednesday - If Looks Could Kill...

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Wordless Wednesday - Snow to Sunshine

Last Friday...

Today...

 

Fun Friday Foto - Diggin'

Last weekend, we were able to bring Dallas' digger back from Pa-paw and Ma-maw's house. 

Needless to say, he has been busy moving lots of dirt sand.

Until next time...

The Kiddos' Surprise!

In my last post, I mentioned that the kiddos would be excited to see the project I completed while they were on Spring Break.  Well, here is the big reveal!

Yep! A sandbox!  and yes, it is rather large (8 ft x 8 ft)  It needed to be large enough to hold the digger Dallas received for his 3rd birthday!

The kiddos were very excited to get out all of their old sandbox toys and start diggin and buildin!

 I even added two storage boxes at one end for the larger sandbox toys

The project took me pretty much all day.  I don't want to think how long it would have taken if I would have had two little helpers! 

Luckily, the previous home owners left a lot of lumber in the barn; therefore, I had to buy very little.  I found a quarry close by that I was able to buy a load of sand (1.1 tons to be exact) instead of buying multiple upon multiple bags of sand. 

The next day, I decided that I needed some type of "lid" to keep any wondering neighbor cats from using it as their master bathroom.  I built two of these frames (4ft x 8ft) and wrapped them in chicken wire.

I was afraid that they would be too much for the kiddos to get off the sandbox, but Dallas proved me wrong last night and got them both off by himself!

I think they were pretty surprised by the sandbox, and I think they love it already!

Until next time...

A lot of This and a Little of That Thursday

First, the weather has been beautiful!  I just love the fall, too bad in Iowa it is a very, very short season.  That's one thing I am really looking forward to about moving.  Plus, I'm very excited to see the trees change colors and enjoy that natural wonder.  OK...enough about that...pictures!

Reba has loved playing in the sandbox.  She will sit and dig and play while Dallas drags me about the yard wanting to do other things.  Plus, she has learned that the sand doesn't taste all that great, so she has stopped putting it in her mouth and I can feel comfortable walking away for a few minutes.

One thing I won't miss about Iowa...the wind.  I mean how is a girl suppose to keep her hair looking fabulous all day with this wind?

This goober just makes me laugh!

We have been having some great successes with the potty training and sleeping in the big boy bed, but as to be expected...we have our moments.  He also knows when the camera is on, taking pictures of his sister, and how to step in front and flash that grin!

The other day I posted about new things the kiddos can do, well the next day, Reba surprised me by doing this...



Yea, she just took off and up the stairs she went!  She made it about half way up before she stopped to see if anyone was following (and yes, I was!)

Reba has also started to stand (without holding on to something) for longer periods of time.  Here, she was pouring herself a nice cup of tea.

Oh, remember that packing picture...here's how I found Dallas later that day.

When did I get two monkeys for kids?

And, finally a short video.  We were playing outside today when I noticed Dallas climbing onto his pedal tractor a little different than normal.  Apparently, he has to climb on like Daddy climbs on the big Ollie.

Until next time...

Sandbox Fun

Last weekend, Doug and I bought material to build Dallas a sandbox. Only, we didn't get the project completed last weekend. We were able to get the sandbox built yesterday, and Dallas had a blast playing it in. When it got to be after 7 p.m., Dallas still needed to eat supper, needed to take a bath, and a storm was beginning to roll in, the little guy got mad when we pulled him out of the sandbox! Here are a few pictures...

Since we had gorgeous weather all last week, a little bit of rain over the weekend, and sunshine on Sunday, my tulips are starting to bloom!

Until next time...