The Days of Our Lives...: June 2013

she's got a handle on things.

piper discovered something more exciting than the mirror in the bathroom...the water in the sink!

don't worry cole was holding the hot water handle so it would stay off, she only had access to the cold.

which she loved!

and it totally entertained the rest of us.

she felt like such a big kid turning it off and on herself.

...then we added bubbles.

and that topped it all off!

summer nights.

our summer nights have been looking like this.

filled with hot dog wishes and marshmallow dreams.

and the best scary stories EVER, as told by ali...raspy voice and all.

everything's coming up roses.

so our land lady is a gardener extraordinaire!

this was ONE of the planters in the backyard last month...

this is that same planter from above this month.

she has it all timed so when one thing is done blooming the next starts.

so when the tulips were history, the bleeding hearts and a whole bunch of others stuff I don't know the names of started popping up. It's hard to tell from the picture, but its gorgeous.

the front yard flower beds have 8 rose bushes, and are full of beautiful flowers like the one below.

there is a HUGE variety. and she has been awesome at teaching me what to do.

it's all on a drip system so really all we have to do is weed and cut things down/back when its time to.

I kill every plant I ever have, so its been fun to have such beautiful things surrounding our home.

the fruits of our labors.

for the first time in my life, I have a garden.

the garden patch was already done for us, all we had to do was plant.

...and try to keep it from dying.

we planted corn, broccoli, lettuce, green beans, cilantro, green onions, cucumbers, and pumpkin.

we plan to add carrots and tomato plants too.

there are tons of strawberries growing in one of the flower patches.

the strawberry above was the first one we picked.

I have to admit, it pretty fun!

Cole waters it all for us daily and the kids are loving it!

play half game, get a whole snow cone...

His life of sports has begun.

cole started playing tee ball this year.

Justin bought him a ball, tee, and such, and took him outside to pitch him a few balls.

uh...both of our jaws dropped when he started slamming it left and right.

guess baseball's in the blood.

he is having a great time learning the game, playing with friends, and of course eating the end of game snacks.

it's been a good intro to the world of sports.

I knew when I married Justin I was signing myself up for a lifetime of sporting events.

guess I should get used to life on a bleacher!

Cowabunga dudes, Cole has turned numero 7!

canisters of ooze showed up on some doorsteps.

to invite a few boys to mutate on over to our place.

for a turtle-y awesome party!

I think they were a little excited to be together...it started out with a group hug...tubular!

then they got turtled out...awesome!

it was a little exciting for these party people.

then it was on to games...totally radical games!

ninja turtles have to be masters of disguise...

so they played pin the mask on the turtle.

then it was outside for a game of "Splinter Says".

ninja moves were a must, they were awesomely bodacious!

here they are as regular turtles mutating into ninjas!

after a quick game of "turtle phone"

(because ninja turtles need to communicate well with each other)

it was time for some grub.

ah the cake.

Justin makes an awesome sewer cap doesn't he?

along with cake we had: hero's in a half shell pizza, sewer covers, cowabunga bites, donatello bow staffs, turtle shells, and ooze to wash it all down!

(excuse the stool that needs to be recovered, a tiny rip turned to a large one rather quickly)