in the yard...














a little bit of our morning outside in the yard before the rain came (and still in pajamas). we discovered a yard full of violets, which tessa found fascinating. she carried this one around all morning and only occasionally tried to eat it. the children played on their balance beam/bridge that papa made... the chickens love it too and were playing follow the leader behind them! then the kids tried to see if chickens like to eat violets as much as babies (seems so). the baby was decorated with flowers from the pear tree and violets too. she seemed not to mind. charlie was chased, his favorite game. we cleared the path to the bridge and had several turns in the newly brought out hammock swing. everyone ended up muddy and we tromped back inside to spend the rest of the morning reading. our current favorite is 'the evolution of calpurnia tate' but we are also reading 'the mysterious benedict society... and a septimus heap book, it's amazing we keep them all straight!.



2 comments:

Elma said...

Such cute pictures!! I am so ready for spring. Last year at this time we had weather in the 80's but this year we have snow coming for the next three days:( Love the chickens to!! Do you have a rooster?

Cary said...

we had a really nice weekend but today it was a thunderstorm with hail. we don't have a rooster, although they are allowed here in atlanta. some people do have them in our neighborhood but i'm not sure our neighbors wouldn't like it. i wanted to get some more chicks this spring but we have to move our coop first because it keeps flooding:(