Pretty bouquet

Marissa loves to arrange the wild flowers that she picks outside. I'm glad our neighbor has given us so many vases so she can be creative. 

Library crafts

I love it when my kids create some beautiful art work at the library. It really is fun to watch them learn and try new things on their own. Harmonie is pretty independent now, but I still have to tell her which letter to write for her name - but she writes them on her own! 

Camdilyn still requires a little extra help but she wants so badly to do it by herself. I let her do as much as possible and she is okay with that.

I did this one with Naomi. The green part is their fingers traced on the paper. She tolerated me holding her hands down and then she was off.

For Memorial Day we made these poppies. They had so much fun gluing down all the torn pieces of paper.

(Note: We gave these flowers to Grammy in a care package for her recovery from surgery in July. She loves to look at them because they are so bright and cheery.)

Our first EVER flower garden

IF you noticed, Marissa received flowers for her birthday from Grandpa and Grandma Nichols. The weather took a chilly turn so I was afraid to plant them. Finally, I couldn't wait any longer, and the weather was sunny so we planted the flowers! (Besides, I didn't have what I needed for school, but I won't get into that.)

I helped the kids clear the spot and then tried to help instruct but let them do their thing. Ben helped her the most and they did a good job. The tulips were already there. Now we just need to remember to water them and so forth. I just thought we should record the event!

Left side.

Right side.

I know it's a weed...

But really, they are pretty.

Especially when you have a whole field of them... like our backyard.