Gettin' Dirty

"In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt."
~ Margaret Atwood

This excellent quote (shared by the lovely Amanda) pretty much sums it up for me these days! 

We (well, ok, mostly just me- but Regan helped a little too, as seen above!) were busy working on a fun new outdoor project this weekend!  I'm excited to share it with you- so look for that post coming soon.  :)

In  the meantime, here are a few other shots I thought I'd share from our weekend.

Just Stayin' Warm

This little guy reminded me of myself this morning.

Even after his friends all flew away, he just kept fluffing and fluffing- not just wanting to stay warm, but to be EXTRA warm! :D

I completely understand.

What We've Been Up To, Part 2

Catching Up on the Gardens:

My very bestest friend, Sarah, spent a whole week with me not that very long ago!
She saw the terrible, awful, horrible state of my gardens and 'dug' right in. :)

The weeds were hanging on tight (sigh, don't they always?).
My little daycare buddy helped out too.
(Yes, I was in there just as much, but you can't take pictures and weed at the same time!) ;)

Such a cutie. :)
He loves to work away in the gardens with me.


And, ok, this back corner garden never quite got finished, but oh well.
Spring offers us all a fresh start, right? :)

What We've Been Up To, Part 4

Building a New Outdoor Play Area:

We rented a sod cutter and got busy cutting and rolling all the sod for the area.

Koa wasn't a fan of the loud noise from the sod cutter,
but she did enjoy playing in the "sod mountain" we built!

Who says girls ain't got muscles?! :)

Ugh- they were really heavy though.

Continued...

Manly men! Rolling up the sod.

Scooping up the left-overs.
Our backs were sore and stiff that night!

Look at those pipes! :)
Those rolls were heavy!

Pete's friend from work needed a bunch of sod for his yard.
Did we have a deal for him! :)

Continued More...

All the sod out, and one post in.

Making progress...

Making more progress...

Putting on the finishing touches.

And a quick acrobatics show.

Finished!

Spreading out the woodchips.
(I helped, I promise! I just had to take some breaks- you know, to take pictures!) :)

LOOK at all those empty cedar mulch bags!
We got it all done just as the dark was closing in.

By the time we were finished we were filthy, tired, and very sore.
We let Pizza Hut cook for us.
We ordered a ton of food, and we ate it all too! :)

I (ahem!) was behind on the dishes, and we ran out of plates-
so Sarah offered (very happily, I might add) to use a platter.
Hehe! :)

The finished product!
I've got more in store for it, definitely, but it's looking good!