Yardwork

On Sunday I decided to start the preliminary work on our landscaping project. We are trying to build a water garden in hopes that it will keep the rest of the yard from overflowing everytime we get a large downpour. We also think it will help spruce up the backyard which is in dire need of some lovin'. Jay was over helping a friend repair a roof so since Henry and Bryn love to "help" I thought I could get some manual labor done.



They both found their little shovels and started their own excavation project.

That lasted until they saw me using the wheelbarrow, then they both chanted "mummy! weeebarro, weebarro mummy" I then had to haul them around the backyard and up and down our street. We did get some interesting looks from passing cars.

When I finally got them out they decided to pitch in and each took a cup and a shovel and started walking over tiny scoops of mulch to my huge load.

Henry found the tarp Jay brought out for me to haul bark on and decided it looked a lot like the parachute they play with at Keva so then they each tried pulling each other around the backyard.

Needless to say, most of my manual labor was done while those two slept.