Grassquest '08

We've never had much grass out back. Mostly what grew there was an assortment of green weeds with one patch of grassy stuff that grew in the center of the lower section. When we put the play set in, the mulch bed under the swings buried the few grassy fronds we had growing, so we decided to put down some seed. To our surprise they sprouted and it has actually become quite lawn-like!

By comparison, the weeds and bare soil on the high side of the yard really began to stand out as pitiful and neglected, so today I pulled out the thatch in that section, leveled out the low spots and put some seed down. If all goes well we should have some decent grass. Now we just have to get rid of that termite riddled old shed in the corner and it'll be pretty much a full transformation from where we started.

Lawny

Not Lawny

While I was working Riley ate an astonishing amount of blueberries and created a mud pit, which he worked into the consistency of chocolate frosting. Lord help me.

When we came in he went directly into the tub, where we cleaned off all the mud and did what we could for the blueberry stains. His hands and mouth are now a lovely shade of light purple, which is a considerable improvement over the deep navy color they had taken on.

Purple hands! Hooray!

Who says the fun has to end when you come inside?!