Flower Girls

Mark and I bought a house on a half acre of land.

I think half of that land is covered in a garden

that I'm told was award winning.

Well it isn't winning any awards now.

I was too exhausted from my pregnancy last summer to do anything with it

and now this summer I'm just too darn busy.

I've managed to put a few hours of work into it so far,

but to be honest, 

I haven't got a clue what I'm doing.

I don't know a plant from a weed,

so I'm pretty much just trying to make it look tidy.

I'm not sure I'm even achieving that.

If anyone would like some plants,

please come and take mine.

My garden is MUCH too big for me to maintain.

If Piper were to read the title of this post,

she would say "Silo Girls".

She still can't say her 'f's', 

but for some reason, 

she can't (or won't) pronounce any part of flower correctly.

Sort of like play-dough.

It sounds more like potato when she says it.

Pay-tay-oh.

I say "play".

Piper says "play".

I say "dough".

Piper says "dough".

I say "play-dough".

Piper smiles and says "pay-tay-oh".

Then she laughs.

I laugh.

And we're no further ahead.

If you ever babysit for me,

Piper does not want to play with potatoes. 

Just a heads up!

I'm curious what Miss Elliotte's speech is going to be like

if Piper is the one she is learning from. 

Then again,

with Piper as a teacher,

Elliotte will be reciting her ABCs in about two weeks.

She only hears that song 42 million times a day from her big sister!!!

xo

xo

Piper thinks that watering the "silos" is great fun!

My first success of the year!
How can it possibly be easier to keep tiny humans alive than plants??

Piper may be doing all of the work,
but Elliotte is paying close attention.
She's never far away making sure that Piper does the job right.
(Can you find her back there?)

Our little forman watching over the flock of workers!!