Friday, no flashback

We've had a fun week. Parker has been in a pretty happy mood lately, aside from the normal fit-throwing and drama of the almost 3 year old. Yesterday she had a terrible meltdown because I wouldn't let her wear a dress AND a skirt at the same time. She is obsessed with wearing dresses lately. That's all I can get her to wear. I suggest other skirts and pants that I know she likes, but she only wants to wear them WITH a dress. Could she be Penecostal?
Tonight I picked out PJs for bed, and I showed them to her, hoping it would help motivate her to get out of the tub. She looked at my selection and said

"Probably that doesn't match."

(in my defense, the top and bottom were the same color and they DID SO match, they just weren't a set that was purchased together)
Bob said she did the same thing to him last night...shook off his PJ pick as non-matching, and chose her own.

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Singing in the tub tonight:

"Baa baa black sheep have you any wool?
Bless you, bless you three hands full."

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New plants

We did some landscaping this weekend. I'm posting small pictures since there are several, but you can click on them to see them larger if you'd like. Parker is included in the pictures for scale. I'm just guessing at the spelling of all these plants. You can send in corrections via the comments if you'd like.



New St. Francis (patron saint of animals)


New Japanese Arealia....we might get another one.


3 Japanese Yew ....they stay this wide, but get much taller. (that's the neighbor's swingset in the background) They are to provide screening of the view of the other neighbor's house when sitting on the back patio. I'm sure they'll be glad to have a little screening from us too.



New squirrel-proof birdfeeder. The squirrel was FURIOUS today when he couldn't figure out how to eat out it. And Mr. and Mrs. Cardinal were very happy. :-)


Red mandavilla vine. You can see the Japanese Yew plants in the top of this picture.

New salmon colored Oleander in place of the cannas that had over-multiplied.
Bob did all the hauling and planting of all these, and also planted a zillion flats of periwinkles in the front yard. We still have a ton of work to do, especially in the back beds. We're hoping by next summer we'll be done with most of the planting and will be able to replace the crumbling brick with some nice stone.