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A quick snapshot of our life today.

The front of our home is finally looking like spring has arrived.  Our lawn is even mowed!


The kids and I went to Central Market and picked out some flowers to pot.  Button picked out the lovely "pink flowers" (a petunia hybrid).  While mommy picked out some chamomile and sweet peas.  We may not be doing a lot of gardening this year, but we can still put plants in pots.  We also have a bunch of herbs, tomatoes, strawberries and blueberry bushes in some pots in the backyard.


Buddy picked out the Purple Superbells to grace our steps.  You may also spy our truck and tractor that gets lots of use in the dirt around our front bushes.  Our kid-sized gardening tools also make an appearance.


Button loves to play with his bike.  He's usually sporting his helmet and scooting around on his Skuut balance bike.


Buddy's been sick this week complaining that his mouth hurts.  Today, though, he seems to be better.  He's actually eating and running around.  That doesn't mean that he doesn't like to take advantage of the comforts he believes he deserves because he doesn't feel well.  ;-)


Our front window.  Apparently, we are closed.  Buddy is obsessed with making signs and putting them up all over the house.  Informational signs mostly.


A mother's day gift


Our pinwheel.  The boys love pinwheels.  This one was a steal at the Dollar Tree!


Mama did some weed-wacking today to trim the edge of the lawn.  Have yet to sweep up the trimmings.


And finally, our "Slow" guy recently purchased at Costco.  We had one last year, but we think that the garbage man may have taken him away since he was too close to the trash cans on a Monday morning.  However, living in a small cul-de-sac with lots of small children, the peace-of-mind I get from this little guy made me want to get him again.


Happy Spring!


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