Backyard Boogie

So every year we fail to winterize the backyard. This year was especially bad because we remodeled the kitchen the previous summer/fall. We had a lot of junk lying around from that such as broken tile pieces. (And a ton of other junk--like an old sock of Alex's that he was really excited to find.) It was really dirty and gross and needed a good reorganize. So we rounded up Es and Soph and put them in their swimsuits and Alex and I cleaned. It took a good three hours for us to make a dent in the mess. Alex put a shelf up in the garage and swept and moved a lot of stuff in there. The babes now have a nice outside place to play.

One of the best things about the backyard is the old fridge that was discarded in place of the new one. The gals have a seemingly endless supply of otterpops available at a moments notice. (I told Alex that we will fill it with beverages and embrace the redneckness of it.) The backyard still needs a lot of help but the girls are loving being able to play out there and don't seem to notice that it doesn't look like the Pottery Barn catalog. I think that the new fence made it look a thousand times better (thank you Alex!) and it is nice not to feel like we are being stalked by the neighbors behind us--or that we are at their mariache beer party. Cleaning this year made me promise myself that we will at least cover the toys, grill and table/chairs before the winter frost.


The gals are relaxing from all the work they were doing. If you will notice the water table in the background. That was especially heinous--because of the bright orange algae growing in it. A little spray from the hose and some Clorox spray goes a long way!