The perfect Saturday.....

Today was just a completely perfect day!  The weather was beautiful, and we just had the best family time ever today!!  We started out grilling out for lunch.  The girls played outside while Nathan grilled hot dogs.  We put a sheet down and all had a picnic, and then played frisbee.  We then loaded up the kids and headed out to run some errands.  Our first stop was Chesterfield Berry Farm.  The girls really love pretending that they have their own garden out back, and well, it's starting to become a little annoying having holes all over the yard where they've been trying to plant weeds!  (LOL)  So, a few months ago we emptied out the sand that was in their turtle because it was just TOO much of a mess!  We've had the turtle sitting next to the trash can for weeks debating on throwing it away.  So last night we decided to sit the turtle on top of a huge tree stump that every trips over, fill it with dirt, and let the girls plant their own flowers in it.  So our first stop was to pick out flowers for our turtle.  When we got home I dug out some dirt from our compost pile in the back and filled him up, stood back and let the girls go at it.  It's their baby!  They are in charge of weeding, watering and taking care of the whole thing all by themselves, and they are SO excited!!  (hopefully it will keep them from picking stuff out of my garden now!

After the Berry Farm we headed over to the library to return books and check out some more.  I challenged Pumpkin this summer to reading 100 books.  When she is finished we will have a little party with other homeschooling families who are joining us in this challenge, and then she will be able to pick out a toy from the toy store as a prize.  We just started mid-week last week and she has read 4 books so far, so we have a while to go but I believe she can do it!!  It has really encouraged her to read more instead of watch television (which I've been trying to limit more recently anyways).  Anyhow, she was able to get her first library card today at the library.  Little Bear and Hobble-bobble cried because they wanted a card too, so I told them that when they start reading their own books then I would take them and get them their own card too!  Hopefully that will be an incentive to finish Kindergarten this year for Little Bear so she can get started on first grade by fall!

So after the library all the girls fell asleep in the back of the car!  So I ran a few errands (1) to check out the pool we will be joining this summer, (2) pick up some ingredients at the Indian store, and (3) grab some hamburger and gas at Kroger.  Then we headed home to complete our projects and dinner.  I mad the girls hamburgers on the grill, and for Nathan & I,  Seek Kabobs on the grill.  And again we had a picnic outside and the girls played till almost 8:00pm!  Nathan and I dug up a few more flower beds around the back yard.  Since we have such a hard time with mosquitoes in the back, I have read that if you plant marigolds around the area it will repel the mosquitoes and other bugs.  SO I am on a mission to repel the bugs so we can enjoy our back yard a little better this summer.  We do have the most amazing back yard!!  Our house may be small but the back yard makes up for all of it!!
     Once it got dark out I took the girls inside and gave all five of them a bath, changed their bed-sheets, got their cups, and tucked them in the bed.  I pulled out two books from the Library bag and read to them, until they were fighting to keep their eyes open.
     We are very excited to see what tomorrow brings!  We will be going to pump-it-up tomorrow with some friends to celebrate Little Bear's 5th Birthday!  She won't be 5 till the 22nd but I just can't believe how big she is now!  It was just yesterday I was fighting to keep her from being born 10 weeks early!  I can't wait to celebrate with her tomorrow!  Hoping tomorrow is as amazing as today was!!