Adventures at The Bunny Manse

We decided we wanted the front yard and porch to be finished. Like, for real playful, beautiful, and not on our mind. To do that, we needed to finish little pebble creak as well as find pavers to make a complimentary walkway. And what to do about the grass. Just...start over . Harris and our neighbor Adam rented a sod cutter and cut the top layer of dirt off of the front yard. Then they picked up the chunks of sod and dirt and grass and loaded it into the back of the truck over and over and over again taking about four tons of dirt and junk to the county dump. Dad and I took a good load or two ourselves during their short visit while Mom hung out with Margot and Marianne. We were going to lay sod but sort of...got distracted. We decided instead to throw out some lime, fertilizer, and seed and see what happens.

Our littlest creature is such a delight. Some pictures of her first three months in our family. Sometimes we call her the maymaybaybay, little Hillary, mayYann, but we haven't yet settled on the just right family pet name. She'll help us figure one out soon enough. Margot loved the cream filled croissant muffin. Apartments being built in Central Park in the background.  Laying on my big squishy tummy  Laying on the coffee bar at the coop My favorite infant picture so far  Selfie I took while nursing and cooking dinner. Ok, I love sleeping babies. 

We've been very slowly attempting to convert the South Lawn into more than a grass pit and parking lot. We started earlier in the year by having TROSA come and remove all of the leaves, ivy, and debris from the yard. We then fixed the fence at the back property line so none of us would fall over the 8ft drop into the church parking lot behind our house. Fun times. One day, the tree that is on their property that leans over their church is going to fall.  We've talked to them so many times, offering to let them use our yard to trim or remove the tree... their response was that they have insurance if anything happens.  OK then.  Then, we finally got started building the swingset. Hard to believe, but when Harris and our friend/neighbor Rob went to disassemble and bring the parts back from Raleigh, the dolphin swing was for Margot. She got her ride in it, was joyful, then moved on to the big girl swings.  Madeline taking pictures of me and Mariann