So first off: The main thing recently has just been PROJECTS PROJECTS PROJECTS! We've had a big list of things needing to get done for a while, but with Adam finishing up the semester and work picking up for him too, there just wasn't much he could do. It all had to wait until school was done. And since it's been done he's been true to his word and has been working his buns off! (he works real hard out is the sun all day for work and then comes straight home to do more hard work--mostly out in the sun...)
The main thing this whole spring, as mentioned in the last post, has been the yard. All we want is a nice lawn, is that so hard to ask?? Well apparently so. This is how our yard started out this year:
Dirt, weeds, dirt, weeds...
And some patchy grass in the front...
So we took the advice on the helpful Lowes guy and just roto-tilled up the whole thing and raked out the weeds. Then we proceeded to lay top soil and seeds (and by "we" I mean Adam did all this :) ) and watered like CRAZY! (and when you're watering by hand, it's no small thing)
The good news: We grew grass!!!
The bad news: We grew tree sprouts!!
Our not so beautiful Dutch Elm tree lets off millions of these not so wonderful seeds each spring apparently, and who knew we'd be growing a forest of them this year. So this was the result:
Patchy grass
With a bunch of elm trees growing among them
I'm reminded of the wheat and the tares parable. Especially since many people suggested letting it all grow together and attacking the trees with the lawn mower when they got bigger. We really have no idea how resilient these trees are, but we made an official decision. WE ARE GETTING SOD. And for a not so bad price either :) And while we do regret all the time and effort and money spent on the grasslings, we are SO HAPPY to just be done with it and just focus on moving a sprinkler head around once in a while.
Don't judge us. We were just too overwhelmed with the baby coming next week, and family coming on and off throughout the rest of the summer starting next week. Can you blame us for not wanting our house to look it's best? I mean, the best it can look for a trailer home...
ANYWAY, Adam is out there digging up the dirt now to prepare the ground for the sod tomorrow. He's hating every minuet of it I'm sure :)
Second thing: Potty training is still a big thing right now, but less and less so every day. William tells me when he needs to go most of the time, and the other half of the time, I just ask him and he'll tell me he does need to (or I just make him try). And he pees every time. He's mastered the task of forcing pee out. Now he just needs to figure out the pooing sensation a little more. He's not bad at it, but he just hasn't mastered the task as well as peeing yet (which makes sense since it' not as often). He gets a skittle every time he goes and sometimes I think just seeing the bottle on the counter reminds him that he needs to go, or should try (because he wants one lol). Also, when I know we're waiting on a poo, he gets to watch Thomas on a portable DVD player while he sits on the pot till it comes out. That's helped in many occasions. Although there have also been times where he's "lied" and says he has to go and I turn on Thomas and 15 min later there is still nothing in the toilet lol.
There are also times where he needs his blanket, bear, and doggy to be with him while he goes. Some times he puts doggy on the little potty and claps for him for going :)
But all in all he get's the concept and is doing well!
(AHHHH!!!! little miss muffet moment! I'm sitting on my tuffet (my bed) and along came this BIG spider down the wall right next to me!!! No worries, I squished it with a book. And I'll make Adam clean the remains off the wall later..)
Ok. Where was I?
Oh yeah, The rest:
William loves fire trucks and so we went to the fire station open house a couple weeks ago. He liked it, but was pretty scared to get on them. As you can see in the picture where he's crying...
But he loved the cookies, suckers, and plastic fireman hat he got. :)
Then Adam had his 25th birthday!! Rather uneventful, but we went out to eat at Arctic Circle (free kiddy cones and all), and then he got brownies with candle wax melted into it, and a few helpful tools to
Notice the green wall behind him...
Adam also painted the living room with some of the paint we got from an estate sale (just another one of the many projects). He complained that the green made it feel like you were in a bat cave, or the jungle. We're pleased with the result, although, we wish it were a little darker of a hue. It's like a warm off white/ light tan?
(and I'm going to paint that frame a dark brown eventually).
And... besides other random projects not worth mentioning, that is all :)
P.S. William just woke up and told me he needed to go pee, and he went and then went back to sleep :) :)
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