What a Weekend!

What a crazy full weekend we have had in our household!  The focus this weekend was on the lawn.  We started by mowing the front yard.  We put grass seed down two weeks ago, and were told to water it often and wait two weeks to mow.  So, Friday afternoon, it was mowed.  Then the yard work and chores increased. 

We Kashered our pantry to prepare for Passover (which starts Monday night in a week).  We started to clean out the fridge and freezer as well, so we will be eating a lot from those two places before Passover.  To Kasher the pantry, we started by emptying everything out.  As we took the items out, we separated them into two piles-Kosher for Passover and not Kosher for Passover.  Then, we scrubbed down the shelves and scrubbed the floor of the pantry.  Since it was empty and needed sprucing up, we put shelf liner on all of the shelves and reorganized it as we reloaded it with items okay for Passover.

Then, we moved onto yard work.  Husband power washed two-thirds of our deck.  To some, this may not be a big deal, but our deck has three layers and each layer could easily fit an outdoor living room or dining room (so it is BIG).  The power washer got tired a couple of times and needed to rest, but husband didn't stop working.  I weeded the front landscaping so that we could replant with fresh new flowers.

Today, the BIG work started.  We removed rocks from the side of our entry to make way for flowers.  Big sister D got some work gloves and lent a hand.

Little L hung out in a pack and play filled with toys.  Mostly she stood up and talked to us, but she did play some.

D was so excited with her new gloves, that she had to show them off to anyone who would look.  Little L was a captive audience.

It took us two trips to Lowe's, one trip to Marshall's Grain Company, one really long nap by both girls at the same time, and the entire day.  After the first trip to Lowe's, we realized that we had grossly underestimated our needs, so I schlepped back (thank goodness it is right around the corner).  The back of the Mom Mobile was PACKED (and we still didn't have everything we needed)!

After all of this got planted, we headed to a different store, Marshall Grain, to pick up some taller plants.  The front is almost done.  We still need to get mulch, but it is looking good.  We even had enough energy to wash 6 loads of laundry and start mowing the backyard.  Hopefully, the Advil will keep the body pains at bay, because everyone will sleep well tonight!