Working Outside All Weekend Long

As I mentioned in my last post, this weekend was going to be busy, and it was going to be spent outside.

First up was our garage sale.  At the last minute we managed to go through all our stuff and get some things pulled together to sell.  We also had some bigger miscellaneous items that we didn’t need anymore and had them out too.

Oliver helped get the sign ready for the sale.

The garage sale itself was kind of a bust.  We didn’t actually have very much time to sit outside, too much else to do.  We did post the bigger things on craigslist and sold most of the stuff that way.  As far as the little things, most of them are being donated.

Next up was Jesse’s project.  He ordered soil and picked up some grass seed to try and fix our damaged yard.  The damage was from 5 different projects.  The septic tank/city sewer project, the dead pine trees being removed, the circle drive being placed, 3 big oak/maple trees being removed, and the landscaping project.

Here was a picture taken when about half of the work had been done…so half of the soil pile at the end of our yard had already been dispersed throughout.

Oliver stayed outside with dad pretty much the whole day.  He did some coloring with sidewalk chalk and then got to ride along with dad as they compacted the soil.

The little bit of money we made from the garage sale/craigslist sales went to pay two college aged kids to take down two more dead pine trees in our side yard.  You can see them at work next to the truck in the yard.

Then both kids got to accompany mom to get some yummy food from their favorite restaurant Dairy Queen.  Oliver was in high heaven as he ate a ketchup packet and then got some blizzard treat.

I was also trying to show the complete mess that was Oliver.  He was full of dirt, sidewalk chalk, and food remnants.  It was straight to the bath after this.

On Sunday Oliver again had to be outside the whole day.  He was helping pour some dirt for Dad.

And even though this was mostly an account of the weekend through Oliver’s eyes, Bella was around too.  She got to enjoy lots of outside time in the swing and on a nice long walk with mom on Sunday morning.  She also helped Mom the whole time during the garage sale by keeping her company.

By Sunday she was a tired girl and spent more of the day inside.