Children's Garden

We don't have majestic mountain ranges or long white beaches in mid-Michigan, but we do have some beautiful scenery, if you look for it.  Here are Abbey and Ethan at the Children's Garden, the same one Isaac and I visited a few days ago.

Ethan in front of the falls.

And Abbey at the pond.  Seems like she's a born model!

Daddy Day

Mommy, Abbey, and Ethan left early Saturday morning for a bake sale, so Isaac and I had the day to ourselves.  We visited the playground:

 Then the Children's Garden, where we amused ourselves throwing rocks in the water.

We then followed the 68 Steps down to the Arboretum, where I got Isaac to pose in front of the big waterfall:

We were looking for frogs or turtles, of which we found none, but we did find a big garter snake sunning itself.  Isaac has no fear of snakes!

Bake Sale

                      Abigail is putting sprinkles on the brownies the morning of the bake sale. 

                                       All of the items we baked, not counting my mom's items.

                                    Abigail and Ethan are putting on their best salesmen smiles!

                We managed to sell a few things to those passing by.  Who can resist these cuties.

Brother Fun

                   Ethan and Isaac decided to wear hats one morning and gave me big toothy grins!

Spring Garden Plans

The idea is to build a raised garden on a concrete slab in front of the house.  First, we moved blocks from the back of the house to the front and replaced them with Michigan field stone.

We set them up on the front porch.  Then we discovered there weren't enough, and that no one makes that size any more.  We had to replace them all.

It takes a lot of dirt to fill a raised garden!  Isaac impressed me the most: he just kept on trucking, with his little sandbox shovel.

Happy Mother's Day!

Our family isn't any more perfect than yours.  We get behind on the dishes too...

Isaac's first haircut

Eventually, for all little boys, the curls get too long...

Easter!

I tried to find good Easter pictures, but they would never stand still!