Fall Fun

Lots of leaves to rake and a sunny Sunday meant we had yard work to do. Here Paul starts handing off his jobs to Rudy; I think next year he may be mowing the lawn for us! ;)

All Rudy wanted to do was jump in the leaf pile, so he did. He laid in the leaves...

... sat in the leaves making faces...

... and put leaves on his head.

All in all - the perfect fall day! Now if only we could find a way to stop the rest of the leaves from falling, we wouldn't have to rake again. Between our front and back yard we filled about 10 bags with leaves. Many more to go before winter!

Hard Work for Some

On Saturday Paul and I decided to tackle a big project of taking out a flower bed from our front yard. Before we were ready to head out, Rudy went to play in the back yard. It was a hot day and by the time Paul and I headed to the front, Rudy was hot and tired, so we brought out a blanket and some toys and he relaxed (for a while).

We left the bush in the middle but took everything else out. This is in the beginning stages. Rudy eventually decided he wanted to help but kept swinging a shovel around that we had to take away from him. It went from bad to worse and eventually I took him in to calm him down while Paul finished the work (Really, I had done all I could- he had to do the heavy digging. And it ended up working well for him because several neighbors came over and offered tools that helped a lot.)

The finished project- and then Paul bought soil and grass seed and a day later we got rain. So hopefully by spring we will have a nice grassy patch instead of dirt.

The Perfect Weekend

We had very little planned this weekend so we were able to have a very relaxing family weekend. On Saturday we ran some errands and then, at Ruy's request, hung out in the backyard for a while. It was very windy and even though the three of us don't have pollen allergies, we were all sneezing and coughing by the time we came in.




Rudy exploring the very back of our yard - his first time there. I love this area - I think it seems like a great hideaway. If I was a little younger (just a little), I might hide myself back there!





Saturday night we went out to dinner to a local Irish restaurant.

Sunday morning Paul woke up early to start cooking breakfast and Rudy actually slept in some. So by the time Rudy woke me up, Paul had started breakfast and picked some flowers from our yard.
The butterfly and card were made by Rudy at school and the disc is a movie Paul made with Rudy. It is very cute - Paul asks Rudy questions about me and then he made a photo montage.

Sunday we went to church and then after lunch, we went to the movies to see Oceans. Paul and I really enjoyed it. Rudy couldn't seem to sit still or stop asking questions - fortunately there were only 4 other people in the theater.

After the movie we came home and Paul cooked flounder for dinner. It was a great Mother's Day weekend with my two favorite guys.

A Lovely Fall Day

Today was a surprisingly nice day. After church we took advantage of the nice weather and got some things done outside.

Rudy, the tyrannosaurus, helped stomp some branches down.

Paul patched shutters that had been attacked by carpenter bees nesting there, and then woodpeckers eating the carpenter bees.

The tyrannosaurus attacking me.

After raking leaves and picking up sticks int he yard, we took a walk over to Aunt Pat's house to take Shea (I guess she's ultimately Neil's dog) for a walk. While walking we saw a little sliver of a rainbow.