Since we used our backyard budget to overhaul the kitchen when we bought the house, we have just been slowly saving and trying to deconstruct the backyard as much as possible over the last almost two years. (Also, HOW has it been TWO years since that crazy summer??!) We’ve taken countless trips to the dump, just clearing out all the overgrown chaos in the yard.
Spring break is in a week or two and we are planning on starting to tear out the final stuff before we can start putting everything back in. Our goal is to have grass by the fall!
I was outside watering our trees one morning and Eisley really wanted to come out with me. So, I told her she could if she stayed on the mat by the back door since she was still in her jammies. Every time I turned away, she inched the mat closer and every time I looked over, she hopped back on the mat. When I finished watering, she was almost to the grass area. I said, “What are you doing, Eisley?” And she was like, “I stayed on the mat.” She’s too smart for me.
Parker has been planning his Yeti birthday party for MONTHS and it was finally the day! We worked so hard to get the house and yard ready for it! It was so much fun. We ended up doing an Expedition Everest theme (of which I got basically zero pictures. face:palm). I love how weird he is. Waldo for turning three, Yetis for turning four. I’m honestly scared for what five is going to be.
He was very specific that he wanted a Costco cake – which I think turned out to not be as delicious as he thought it was going to be. 😉 We pass those cakes every week on Costco shopping day and he has been telling me he wants one for his birthday for months. We had SO much cake leftover! Ha! We served donut holes on skewers as little snowballs and I think those were more of a hit. 😉 We had hot dogs and fruit and individually packaged chips and little gatorades – basically, everything that Parker loves with all of his heart.
The board behind Parker has pretty much been at every single party we’ve ever thrown. Ha! I printed out articles of Yeti sightings and stuck them on there. On the story in the middle, I photoshopped Parker’s invite picture (the one of him in his snow coat) and did a little story underneath it. Parker about died when he saw it. He got the BIGGEST smile and just wrapped his arms around my neck in the tightest hug. SO sweet!!
We had a full house and a full yard and it was the best time!! I know I say this a lot, but we loved, loved our old, tiny house and it was just the best place for us at the time, but we LOVE that we can now have friends and family over and there’s room for everyone. This house and yard have just been such a blessing to us.
Sweet little Sammy was so tired after the party started winding down that he fell asleep eating. Ha! We were ALL cracking up. He is SO cute. Little brothers are seriously the biggest troopers in the whole world.
After everyone left, I did a little bit of cleaning up and then walked upstairs and found this. Ha! Apparently Sammy wasn’t the only one wiped out. Ha! Happy birthday (again!), Parker Bear!! Can’t wait to see what you come up with for your fifth. 😉