...then we got distracted

It happens to the best of us. The sun rises earlier and stays up later, and so do the kids. It is warm and beautiful. Things happen, stuff comes up, and before you know it you get distracted. We are at a bit of a standstill in our playscaping progress. We decided to re-do the front yard while we were at it, so a couple weeks later we now have a wildflower garden that has doubled in size, and native shrubs replacing the awful old yews and barberries that formed an impenetrable hedge in front of the house. The kids helped, but it wasn't as "fun" as the backyard. 

Don't worry, though, we still made time for the good stuff. We went on hikes, ran through fields, threw rocks in 2 rivers and a couple creeks; 

we dipped buckets in our creek for tadpoles since we have hundreds of them swimming around in there now;

 we watered our garden every day...see? It's actually growing!

And we got MORE rocks! More cobbles that we hand-picked from the dredge pile at the landscape supply yard, and three 2-gallon buckets plus 2 large bags full of pretty gravel that my parents hand-picked from their parking pad. All of those gorgeous rocks will be lining the dry creek bed which we are planning to start on this weekend.

So we kept busy, and we all got plenty of nature playtime and fresh air. But now it's time to get back to work.