just another evening in Grammy's garden

I know I talk about it every year, but Ryan's Summer work schedule is less than ideal. He leaves for work in the afternoon and comes home late, and he works seven days a week. And yes, that includes Sunday (you wouldn't believe how often I get asked if he has to work on Sundays), as it IS one of the seven days of the week. In some ways, I'm grateful for his current Summer schedule as he is only working eight hour shifts, instead of the twelve hours shifts he was pulling earlier this year. Too much working!! But necessary, and so we deal with it.

And by dealing with it, I mean the girls and I spend several evenings a week at my parents' house where they get worn out and often fall asleep on the way home.  My kids, not my parents.  Although, I think my parents get pretty worn out, too. On any given evening we might play in the little pool, pick vegetables in the garden, pet the horses, or, as in the case of this particular evening, water the flowers in grammy's "little garden."

No outing to the little garden would be complete without:

some dirt and water

playing in the bird bath (the very same bird bath I played with as a kid in my own grandma's yard)

 

a bee nest and subsequent fear of the bee nest

a meltdown because I told my dear daughter she couldn't do something (can't remember what it was)

(I just love how Maverick is never far from Laci

and he becomes especially concerned when she is upset.)

finding the Velcro on shoe, removing said shoe, and then tasting it

And finally, a hose down which I promise I put an end to...just as soon as I snapped this picture.

And these pictures are from a different night (actually the night of her first birthday) but she is wearing the same dress (this pink dress, in fact, that I still love) and she looks cute, so I thought I would just add these in too.