My backyard is pretty small so I wanted to make it as pretty as possible while still leaving room for the kids to play and a big lab to to do his business.
Since Ella has been in kindergarten, Aidan and I have had some one on one time which has been so good for him. Yesterday we pulled weeds in the garden, dug for worms, slugs, and roly polies and picked from our garden. Okay, Aidan was mostly enthralled with the dirt and worms and I pulled the weeds but he was good company.
I love this little bench in a corner of our back yard. The kids love to sit here and play "house." Here's Aidan with his new find.
Here's a closer look. It's so funny to hear he and Ella talk about worms when they find them, "Aw, isn't he just darling." (Ella) "Look, Mommy, my wormy squirmy is so cute." (Aidan) Funny how I have gotten into worms lately - really funny.
Nicholas made this bird house for me in 7th grade. I will always treasure it.
I got this water fountain for Matt for our anniversay in April. It was so perfect with the little boy and girl (Ella and Aidan)
Here's another view. I just love it.
I have learned a lot about flowers in planning my garden. This is one of my favorites. It took forever to bloom - late summer but well worth it! It's a phlox - David phlox to be exact.
Just about every morning Ella and Aidan run here to pick black berries. It's so funny. Ella will have 5 or 6 and say we can make a pie now. I think I'll make one and buy most of the berries and use a few from our garden. She so wants blackberry pie and so do I!
Our apples are pretty delicious. Unfortunately, a lot of our cherries already got eaten by birds so we only enjoyed them for a short time.
One of my favorite treats, seriously, ever since I was a little girl is fresh tomato from the vine with salt. Mmmmm.
Matt made this delicious salsa with almost everything from our garden! I can have tomatoes like this also.
