Photos from Blakeley's garden

Or, for those of you from Alabama...gahden. Please show her the first blossoms on her green bean plants, the bat face cuphea (hard to perceive that the dark portion resembles the face and ears of a bat) and her cherry
tomatoes. Please ask her if I should pick the ripe cherry tomato to bring to her today.

Weekend with Brant, Blakeley and Woods/ Sarah's girls' weekend

 Blakeley's rendition of girls' weekend

 ...and, playing 'HEB' at the playhouse, using the wheelbarrow as a shopping cart.

Gardening at Gigi and Grandad's

Blakeley helped Gigi plant several things in the garden this spring, and Blakeley was especially excited to pick and eat her tomatoes!  When the 1st ones were ripe for picking, we headed over!

Woods had a leaky diaper and Mommy didn't pack any backup pants!

Next to her tomato plant.  I love where she put her sun glasses!

Showing her prize bounty...

See!

Doing a tomato jig...

Another one!

I think these were the green beans...

Taste test...

Sharing with Grandad...

Woods and Daddy hanging out...

And moving furniture, as usual...

Mother's Day and moffs!!

Blakeley's 1st recital: A star is born!

Day with Blakeley

Despite our late start, we had an action-packed day. She is so entertaining and smart and keeps me on my toes, and laughing! She headed straight to ‘surprise box’ and in it was an outdoor table and seating for the playhouse. She set it all up with great thought and creativity. Steve brought a fantastic cardboard grocery board in from the lake and I added it nearby, using the wheelbarrow as a grocery cart. She immediately labeled it HEB and went to town, shopping for salmon, waffles, edemame and ‘mac and cheese’ for dinner. The day was beautiful and we lunched on the deck. Then, we played in the garage, riding on the Roller Racer and the tricycle. There is a mirror against the wall so she was entertained by the Blakeley show. After rest we made smoothies with frozen bananas, raspberries and yogurt and then headed out armed with her squirt bottle. She ‘painted’ with water on the concrete slab of the house, then pretended to be a kitty stuck in a tree while clinging to the ropes of the hammock near the stretcher bars. We called the Westlake fire fighters who rescued kitty and gave her a saucer of milk. She checked her green bean plants progress ( we may have lost a few during the close inspection) and counted the contrails in the sky (7!). Wonderful, laid-back day for a three year old.