Outside during May

The weather has been gorgeous so we've enjoyed lots of time outside this month. We've got our garden in and finally filled in the remaining portion of unfinished yard with bark. For Mother's Day, Justin built me this awesome trellis for the tomatoes, melons, and cucumbers to grow on. I'm doing square foot gardening and the author recommends this. Hope it works for me. Nolan even helped out with the load of bark so we couldn't resist this pair of work gloves that fit him so well. Like a glove!

  Occasionally the boys stop bugging each other and actually play nicely. Nolan was good to give Ez a ride. I always breathe a sigh of relief when they are smiling together, rather than arguing or whining about something the other one is doing/not doing. It's a blessing and a curse to have them two years apart. Great friends but they really annoy each other, too. But here's another happy moment: making brownies and licking the bowl clean.

The boys were pretty enthralled with the process of tuning the piano. What a sight for them to see how it works inside! They begged the piano tuner to leave it open when she was done! The piano was severely out of tune but there was one note in particular that buzzed. She found a long strip of paper under the key. We're pretty sure it was Ez who put it there. 

  We also had a water party at a friends' house recently. It was fun to see all these kids having such a great time. It was so hot (around 90 degrees!) that I was longing to get wet, too. I guess I should have!