Weekend Fun

We have had a great weekend filled with a variety of activities around the house. Yesterday, Turner and I helped Mark plant the rest of our garden for this year - we currently have squash, tomatoes, broccoli, watermelon, pumpkins, and sunflowers! Once they really start to sprout, I'll share some pics. Turner had an absolute ball digging her hands in the dirt and "helping" me re-pot a plant - all the while dumping out three of her daddy's water buckets while we worked! There are no pictures because by the time I realized it was a photo op for her, we were all so incredibly dirty and wet I couldn't even justify coming inside to get the camera! However, I will share a picture of Turner from last weekend as she was aquainted with a caterpillar for the first time - you should have heard her squeal!

Last night I was washing a few clothes and turned around to see Turner opening the wipes container from her diaper bag. I assumed she would empty them all into the floor and make a mess, but was trying to get the clothes hung up so I didn't say anything to her. I turned around to see her "cleaning" with a wipe - she didn't dump all of them out like I assumed - she just got out one and started to wipe down the doorframe, trash can, and the floor! She's a girl after my own heart! (Yes - she is clad only in a diaper - did I mention that the buckets of water she dumped out were partially dumped on her? She also is sporting her first "ponytail" which looks more like a bad "rat-tail", for those of you familiar with that lovely site. We were trying out some new rubber bands, but the hair isn't quite long enough yet!)



Today, we worked a little more outside and then set out to purchase some outdoor toys for Turner. This little girl LOVES to be outside - and might I say she is perfectly content to just play in the dirt, grass, bushes, puddles, etc. - but we wanted her to have some ways to channel her energies outdoors. I have been researching online, and we found a combo sand/water table and a slide that we wanted at KMart (read: no delivery needed)! Mark worked feverishly while Turner got a bath to get this slide put together - here are a few pictures of her enjoying it tonight (mind you - this all took place around 9pm which is an hour past her bedtime). She definitely fell off backwards her second time up, and she definitely pitched a major fit when it was time to really go to bed!

Playing in the box while we were waiting for it to be finished.




Thank you,Daddy, for putting my slide together!