Country living

A few weeks ago, Owen went out to Ruffin and Walterboro with Brig and her mom to visit Granny Bennett and some other family.  They have tons of stuff for toddlers to do. 

He plowed the field rode the tractor with Zoey...

Went fishing...

  Debated whether or not he wanted to feed the chickens...

And eventually decided to give it a try...

And he finished the day by gathering some Easter eggs...

Lights! Camera! Auction!

The 5th annual auction at Owen's school was this past Saturday.  Sarah organized the entire thing (her third and final year) and boy was it impressive.  The theme was new this year and it couldn't have gone better.  We worked set-up and clean-up and except for an hour, I was there from 8:00 a.m. to 11:00 p.m.  It was a really long day.  Here are a few pics of the place decorated.  I unfortunately do not have pics of everything lit properly.  I took the small camera and the battery died shortly after I took these.

 

So late...

Last Saturday we attended two birthday parties.  The first one was for Parker.  I failed to take any pics (I know...bad blogger) but it was raining and I didn't think about it until it was too late.  It was also at a park and all Owen wanted to do was play.  He was not interested in eating or watching her open presents.

That afternoon we went to Dylan's party.  It was also supposed to be outside, but was moved indoors due to the weather.  And then back outside, and then back inside.  You get where I'm going.  I don't have too many pics b/c the ones inside did not turn out well.  I think there was too much motion and not enough light.

Here's Owen thinking about taking this for a test drive...

 

 And the pinata...I didn't know they made pinatas that you could pull open like this.  When Michelle said the little kids could go first I thought she was crazy.  I can't imagine all these two-year-olds wielding a bat or big stick.

And here's Owen waiting for his turn at "bat"...

Happy Birthday Dylan and Parker!

Christmas in April?

Right before bedtime, we read books and sing songs.  Sometimes I pick out the books and sometimes Owen picks them out.  Tonight I did, and one of my choices was this:

On the very last page, there is a scene inside the bear cave and outside you can see snow.  I don't know what prompted this, but Owen asked a question and this is how our conversation went:

Owen:  "Santa lost?"

Me:  "What did you say?"

Owen:  "Daddy, is Santa lost?"

Me:  "Santa?"   "You mean Santa Claus?"

Owen:  "Yes.  Is Santa lost?"

Me:  "No.  He's not lost.  It's not time for Santa."

Owen:  "Frosty lost?"

Me:  "No, Frosty won't be here for a long time."

Owen:  "What about jingle bells?"

and before I could answer...

Owen:  "What about reindeer?"

Me:  "Owen, it's not Christmastime.  They won't be here for a long time.  Now it's time to go night-night."

Owen:  "What about Connor?"

Me:  "Connor is at home.  He is going night-night too."

Owen:  "Oh...right."

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Spring planting

We have crappy soil...if you can call it that.  No need to beat around the proverbial bush.  And we have two small decorative trees in our front yard that don't do much for the yard including providing us with any shade.  In the past, we've just put mulch or pine straw around the base(s) and called it a day.  This year we decided to go a different route and spruce them up a little.

This is the before:

During...with a little help from Mr. Owen:

And after:

Just in case you're curious...those bricks are heavy...and we needed 52 of them.  It's not as easy as it looks, but it makes a huge difference in our little yard.

U pick 'em

Our local strawberry farm opened this week, so this morning we took Owen to pick some.  I can't tell you the last time I did this, but it only took us 15 minutes.  PERFECT activity for a two-year-old...especially considering it's right down the road.  I highly recommend it, and they will be open for the next two months.  I see lots of trips in our future.

It's a celebration

We attended two birthday parties over the weekend.  Well...one actual party and one birthday dinner.

The first was Mason's second birthday.  Here's Owen riding one of the presents.

And Corbann and Mason having a water fight.  Not really a fight when one of you just stands there and gets soaked!

All the kids loved playing with these water guns.  They aren't really guns...more like water pumps?  I don't know, but Kim said they came from the dollar store.  Perfect for an outdoor party.

Later that afternoon, we went over to Josh's house for present opening.  His party is this weekend, but it's an Egyptian theme at the museum and it's for older kids.

After he opened presents, we had dinner at China Town, his favorite restaurant.  Then back to the house for birthday brownies and ice cream.

Happy Birthday Mason and Josh!