Grass

Like I mentioned before, our yard was pulverized by last year's drought. It was such a tragedy- we had just resod a nice big patch, watered it meticulously for several weeks, then trusted the rain to take care of it when we went on a three week vacation. Our faith was misplaced and we returned to a brown lawn that got worse by the month.

So, we're trying again! With no plans to leave our home any time soon, we bought a a whole mess of sod. But first, Sean got to rent a tiller to chew up the dirt (we've got some mighty packed earth over here!) and I spread out about a gazillion gallons of fertilizer (maybe it was only 20 or 30 but that seemed like a lot when I was mixing it up a gallon at a time).

Then the sod was laid! The beauty of green!

We originally bought 70 pieces- about all that would fit in the trunk- and that definitely wasn't enough. But we got it all laid out during nap time. Then a few days later, when Sean had a shorter day, we picked up the rest. We bought 50 more pieces, thinking that was an extrememly generous amount for what was left... but of course ended up about 5 pieces short. We still haven't finished it up.

But I'm still so happy, I [essentially] have a yard again! We have gone outside to play so much more and it makes me so glad.

And there's a couple other fellas that are liking it, too. All little boys deserve a yard in which to play, don't they?