Color Explosion

Have you tried these Crayola sets yet?

I found one on clearance one day and tucked it away for a better time.

Like 2 nights ago.

And the boys loved it.

Joe made me 'masterpieces'

and

Sam marked everylast bit of the black off to reveal the design...

anyway, tons of fun.

For me too!

Pickle Plant

My flowers are doing really good this year.

Especially this beautiful green trailing foilage.

DH has a knack for compliments.

You know like...

DH:  Your hair looks different today.

Guat-mama:  Thanks, I think.

or

DH: Did my clothes make it into the dryer?

Guat-mama: Yes

DH:  Good.

I'm really quite sure he means thanks, I mean what else can you say in a situation in which you had been asked to put one load of clothes from the washer to the dryer {2 days ago} but forgot so your dear sweet wiffee did it anyway? 

So, when we pulled in the driveway the other evening this was our conversation

DH:  Wow, that pickle plant is big

Guat-mama:  {Scratches head} I didn't plant any cumcumbers.

DH:  You must have because that pickle plant is huge.

Now, mind you DH grew up around gardens so he knew it wasn't a real pickle plant.

But quite honestly, I obviously don't know the name of it (reference above)

and it grows the same and resembles it...so enjoy our pickle plant!!

Good people day, bad frog day

I love my day's off.

And I prefer them to be full of the big rocks.

You know the big things in life.

Like my niece baking cookies with my son, in my mom's mixing bowl.

That kind of big rock.

The kind where they came over to swim.

All three of them, Blake, Morgan, and Cole

but the pool water was so hot that they only did this for like 3 minutes.

So then they still wanted to hang out at my house, I love that.

I really miss that during the school year.

And then the moment when you realize that your niece loves taking pics

as much as you because she snaps a picture like this.  Great work Morgan!

And this too, how funny.  I have no idea what they were doing.

And you make time to work cool puzzes with your son.

And you other son comes to congratulate him when he finishes.

And you help finish a 4H project  {Creative Wrapping} with your oldest niece.

Great job Blake {sorry we did follow all the rules, she/he looks great}

All of these things make a great day off.

And then

there is this thing

This kinda still green frog.

The one who led his family of frogs into our pool overnight

{we left the cover off for it to cool off}

And he made the 4th frog that we killed in one day.

No kidding.

We ran over a frog that had taken up residence in our garage.

And then 3 frogs jumped into our pool and well

they can't handle all the chlorine.

I tried to help them out of the skimmer, but I don't touch frogs

so they had to wait for DH to come home from work.

This guy was still alive, but he was not long for the world.

Good people day, bad frog day at the Graber place...