Backyard Fun

A couple of weeks ago I was thinking how sad it was that no one uses our backyard, partly because it smells like dog poop, partly because of the horrible mosquitoes, and partly because of the crazy drunk lady who lives behind us and likes to cuss at us and other hallucinations from her back porch.

Well, it still has mosquitoes, drunkard cussing, and piles of dog sh*t, but now it ALSO has a splashing pool, a toddler cottage, and a sandbox. This all in addition to the mini garden and the kids bench my father in law so kindly put together for Tilberforce. (I was remiss in not crediting him before--thank you Stuart!) It is a veritable wonderland! We had lots of fun in it this weekend.

The handsome Dash comes to visit and generously offered to mow the yard while Tillie cleaned up the kitchen:

Tilstrom builds and destroys in her new sandbox:

Cooling off in the pool: