My husband asked me what I wanted for mother’s day and…as I’ve been wanting to get my garden chicken-proofed so I could plant some spring seeds, he and the kids headed off to the home improvement store, fetched all the things we would need and we were set to go for a Sunday afternoon in the garden.
It was time to pull out some spent lettuce and Little Miss here was my special assistant.
Blackberries…one of our favorite backyard snacks!
The chickens…
These ladies are quite comfy in their coop, but we like to let them out often so they can roam and eat fresh grass. The problem is, they tend to flap into my garden and eat everything in there instead. So my husband had an idea to build a chicken run so they could get the best of both worlds during gardening season.
Little hands making the work a lot more fun!
This fella woke up from his nap then and seeing what everyone was up to, dashed to his toy box and got his tools. He is ready to go!
While my husband put together the gate, my son and I made the sign together, a few screws, and the chicken run was finished!
And then it was time to play!
Oh my cuteness! Just love the pics and the cute blog post to walk us through your day! Hugs!!
Thank you! We had a great time and the kids had a blast. Sometimes it’s those quiet, simple days that are the best 🙂
So awesome ! I love it when you share real life, no matter how good or challenging it is.
Hugs
Linda
Hi Linda! Thank you so much! ((hugs))
How fun is this?! I love that it was a family endeavor. You guys are just the best. 🙂
Why thank you! It WAS a fun family endeavor. One of those sweet afternoons. All that was missing were the Dykes and their hammock…now that would have been fun. 😉
Joanne, what a sweet adventure your family had! I love it when you can find fun times in the everyday moments like that. Those are the moments our memories are made of.
Thanks for sharing!
Blessings,
Andrea
Thank you, Andrea! These really are sweet times and the ones most cherished. 🙂
I just loved this post and seeing the pictures of your family, Joanne – I love seeing parents enjoying spending time with their children. Even more so, I feel, because I was a single parent who had to work more than one job at a time and never got to spend as much time with my children as I wanted to and should have. You are making wonderful memories for both your children and yourselves, memories and values that will continue from generation to generation. You are so blessed to have your beautiful children and they are blessed to have both you and your husband as parents – TOO many children have parents who don’t care enough, or make the time, to do things with them, guide them in the right direction, and teach them about God!!
Bonnie, I am so glad! We really do enjoy spending time together. We don’t have television so there’s not a whole lot to do but hang out doing all kinds of things. :)Single parenting brings its own challenges, I’d imagine and it sounds like you provided for them in all the ways you could. I’m sure they were blessed to have you!
Thank you, Joanne!! A good reason not to have TV – more time to spend with the family. If I had young children now, I would do the same!! Hugs!!