Sandboxes and Perennials

Grandma & Grandpa Golden Acres came to town to see Angelina in Cinderella on Saturday night. She was excited to have both sets of Grandparents at the final show. Therefore, we had overnight visitors on Saturday. My parents went to Mass with us the next morning and then stayed to visit for a large portion of the day.

My mom is always looking for ways to help, so I asked if she'd plant my perennials. The bed had been prepped on Saturday and we only needed to arrange the plants (just in case they don't get moved around next Spring!) and stick them in the ground.



There is a rose bush on the corner with coral bells in front (above). The rest is not a perfect arrangement, but I like it. The daylilies and clematis (of which there are three - not sure where that third plant came from) are along the house. I have other plans for the clematis, but the daylilies will be staying in that spot, I'm quite certain. The hosta will like this location as well, but we'll have to see how the harsh wind treats them. Dash watered everything for us when the planting was completed. No more small containers to worry about!!! Can you feel my relief that this is done??



Grandpa was volunteered to help build the sandbox, supplies for which had been purchased last week. That task didn't take long, and it was a good project for Dash to help build. Zeke & Graham walked to the farm shed with Eric and, in two trips, brought all the sand toys to their new home. After seeing the kids' excitement, I wondered why we hadn't completed this simple task earlier??? Oh well, I can tell many more nightly baths are in our future.



Grandpa is finishing up one of the corner seats while Angelina and Zeke stamp down the pile of sand - to make sure it gets into the corners.





Graham (above), I can tell, will be out here quite a lot. Good thing I can see the sandbox from both the kitchen and patio doors on the back porch. Zeke is happy as a clam in the sandbox, too, and probably just as sandy at this point!



Only one task/chore we did not get done this weekend (and I am truly okay with that ... it would've taken longer than I wanted my parents to be busy on a project ... and I really need to be the one doing the measuring because the layout is in my head, if you know what I mean) - putting up a closet system/wire shelving in Eric's garage closet. At least the closet is cleaned out so I can measure and mark. Next Saturday (or maybe sometime this week)!