Labor Day

The trampoline, the swingset, and lots of digging. That about sums up our Labor day!

We were so happy to have Connor, Brenna and Alastair come visiting--and wished Emma and Marta were here to play with their cousins.

All the pictures are courtesy of Elizabeth!

Does that look like a happy grandma! And here's a hopping grandpa... literally.

Connor was a bit tentative about the trampoline at first, but once some neighbor children showed up and demonstrated how fun it was, then that became the place to be all weekend. There was even an hour of jumping before heading for home on Tuesday morning. And when the afternoon got hot, the sprinkler added to the experience! But I mostly included this to show Kevin and Aaron with the wheelbarrow. They unloaded a friend's trailer of mulch/dirt and spread it in various gardens, as well as dug up and moved two arbivitaes and one other bush to put along the new fence, which is looking REALLY good. We moved plants out of several gardens and Aaron helped Kevin plant them out in the field, until Aaron's allergies started kicking up. By the way, this must be a bad year for pollens because Elizabeth and Alice are bothered as well.
Catherine and I (and Alastair), began planting irises she had brought from Wisconsin, as well as roses and other things we'd planned. Alastair liked his bouncer and also napped quite well so we got a lot done, even though it was a hot and sweaty day. As the day heated up, we went inside and watched a movie.
And somewhere during the weekend, we even made it up to the school playground. Wish we had a picture of Brenna in the swing. But then, that's where Brenna ALWAYS is. And there are tears when she can't be outside.
On our last evening, we even got in a game of croquet, and then Bocce, until the mosquitos drove us indoors. All that recent rain has brought a large hatching of the pests!