Our outdoors

We have been spending soooo much time outside lately.  It's so nice to have the babies be big enough to enjoy playing, without getting into too naughty of things!  I've seen all sorts of fairy gardens everywhere lately and I've fallen in love, so I decided to make my own.  The kids and I had so fun putting this together.  It didn't turn out exactly the way I wanted it too, but I will definitely be making more.

 If you look in our back yard this is usually what you'll see.  Yes, Sam is wearing his helmet to play in the sand box.  He'd just jumped off his bike and was "only going to play for a minute!"  This sandbox has seriously been the best investment we've ever made; hours and hours of fun.  Kendall brought home a big pipe and cut  it into pieces so they could make tunnels.  I love seeing them come up with all sorts of ideas when they are playing and it's so funny to listen to them create little scenarios. 

This is some of my yard art.  All of these are thanks to Laura's most recent yard sale, except the one on the end.  Laura surprised Maggie with that one...the eyes glow at night.  These little lovelies sit on my window ledge.

I don't know if you're as into the spray paint craze as I am, but it definitely does wonders.  I was pretty torn about this little deer because it was the original painted colors, but after giving it a coat of turquoise, I love it. I put these on cake stands to raise them off the ground.

 My garden isn't very pretty this time of spring, but I put this picture in to show what Kendall did for me.  He put all these pavers in as a border.  I love it and it's not just for looks.  Because this bed is sloped the dirt likes to run out when I water, now it won't!  Since this picture, I've moved all the creeping jenny ground cover to the border and transplanted the jupiter's beard (red flower plant) to another part of my yard.  The daffodil stems are all gone now too.  We got some loads of mulch from the dump...this is a great deal...only $15.00 per huge scoop.  It makes our yard look so much better! I am finally done planting all my seeds and can't wait for them to pop up!  I still can't believe how much I love to garden...don't tell my mom!  What kinds of things are you doing in your garden?