Our backyard is unfinished. When we talked about moving years ago, one of the things Jon wanted was a finished yard because we had to finish our yard in Minnesota and it was a much larger task than we thought it would be. But, our new house has an unfinished backyard and we will get to do the process all over again. I am kind of excited about deciding where we want the garden and future playset. Meanwhile, it is a digging ground for the children. It's so nice to send Maryanne and Andrew out into the backyard and know that they are probably not into anything (unless you can count the water spout), just enjoying the opportunity to dig.
For Valentine's Day we gave the children a box of sidewalk chalk. It wasn't anything grand, but something they have been missing for over a year. When we were in the apartment, there wasn't anywhere for them to use sidewalk chalk. And, now that we are in our house, we have a patio that runs the entire width of the house, with plenty of space for chalk drawings. We all went outside and started to have fun. Well, Andrew and Maryanne played in the dirt, but the rest of the children were drawing on the patio.
They drew their own "city." Complete with buildings that were named after everyone in the family. Andrew owned a chain of hotels, I owned a sewing shop, Jon owned the restaurant district, Kate rented out the mall, Eliza's space was the pet store, Adam has a video game store, and Maryanne had a candy shop. It was quite creative.
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