Yard Bear

Our lawn is a state of neglect as we are between vacations and I have been spending most of my free time reviving our backyard deck and front porch.  So this morning bright and early I took advantage of the fact that Emily hadn't left for work yet and mowed the front lawn as quickly as I could.

Soon enough Charlotte had to come outside with me so Emily could get ready for work.  As you can see, her love of sweeping generalizes to the great outdoors.  She did a nice job of helping me sweep the cut grass off the sidewalk.  Also take note of all the berets in her hair.  That is her new thing: to ask that we put all of her berets in her hair at once.  You can tell Emily got her ready this morning.  When I do it, all the berets hang off her hair like clothespins and it is so very disorderly.  Also take note of the powerwashed front porch.  I just need to sand the rough spots and put down the new finish.  This project should just take a few days but with a baby to mind it is taking many weeks.

Charlotte has been working on picking up her toys after she plays with them and she presently thinks it's a lot of fun (we'll see how long that lasts).  So she was pretty excited to help me "clean up" all the grass.  I also wanted to get a shot of her butt.  While I was mowing she a) thought it was hysterical when the grass shot up in the air as I mowed and b) loved to crawl the top of the incline in our yard and scoot down it on her butt.  You can see that stain stick was used today.

In fact, when all of our yard work was done, she had to take a bath.  Music class was this morning and she couldn't show up smelling like a barnyard.  As you can see, it was a good morning for her.  You can also see the next chore I have in mind for her: cleaning the shower tile.