At Least We Had Tulips

The weather has been so lousy, we haven't been to Thanksgiving Point in a few weeks. Luckily, during the Tulip Festival, the weather was decent and we got to go several times. One night we took a picnic. We had such a lovely time. I love spring!


I totally loved this bed of tulips, pink, yellow, and peach. I think I'm going to do this in front of my cute little yellow house.

Peace Out

Every Friday Beach Bungalow 8 posts a "Peace Out" post with a pretty picture. I always love them, so I thought I'd share.

Have a great weekend!

MaLM - Happiness on a Monday

Make a List Monday -- Happiness

1. giggling baby
2. sleeping through the night
3. dancing
4. finishing our service chain
5. waking to a clean kitchen
6. eating M&M cookies
7. FHE
8. a call from my hubby
9. watching children learn and progress (piano, gymnastics, running, interacting all today)
10. crocuses
11. outside, no jacket needed

I'm a daffodil, I guess

I am a Daffodil What Flower Are You?

You have a sunny disposition and are normally one of the first to show up for the party. You don't need too much attention from the host once you get there as you are more than capable of making yourself seen and heard.

Hmm. Does this sound like me? Thanks Jenny.

What's growing in March

What's growing in your yard at the end of March?
I have (in order of appearance)
crocuses
daffodils
hyacinths
pansies
all blooming.

And growing, not blooming yet are my
daylillies
other lilies
buds on my trees swelling
lamb's ear
snapdragons
asters
spirea buds swelling

Isn't spring wonderful!

Make a list Monday (MaLM) - Deer resistant plants

I have never had a deer problem in my yard so I've never really researched it. But I've been thinking about plants that will work in my brother and sister-in-law's yard and so I have a short list. Luckily, I have a good selection of these plants in my own yard. Just thought I'd share in case you see deer in you yard.

Bushes
butterfly bush
boxwood
juniper
lavender
potentilla
spirea
lilac

Perennial Flowers
snow-in-winter
foxglove
echinacea
geranium
daylily
pincushion flower
lamb's ear

Misc. plants
vinca (ground cover)
fountain grass
crocus (bulb)
daffodil (bulb)

Pink flowers are the prettiest

I love pink. I can admit it. It is my favorite color, along with blue.
I love this picture by Samantha Lamb.

eeBoo

I bought these beautiful wall art Alphabet cards on our trip to Newport this summer. I still haven't put them up. I'm hoping baby #5 will be of the female kind so I can use them in the nursery.
Here are some of my favorites

Or you could spell something



They are made by eeBoo, a company with beautiful work like
sketch books

matching games

dominoes

and diaries


I have only seen them sold in very cure boutique-like shops. But it appears we can get them online too. Yea!

It's a bug eat bug yard

Aren't these the coolest bugs!


And, a few flowers from my yard.

Tiptoeing through the tulips

Saturday we went to Thanksgiving Point, a beautiful local garden. It was the opening day of their Tulip Festival. We have a lovely time. The flowers were gorgeous.







I am quite addicted to the gardens there. We go at least once a week all season (April-October). Watching the flowers change is mesmerizing. At least it is for me.




My kids usually like it too, especially since we decided to bring some balls along. They roll them down paths and green grassy hills and try to keep them out of the flowers and koi pond.


The four on the left are mine, the 3 girls on the right are our cousins who recently realized that "This is the place" and are joining us behind the "Mormon curtain". Wahoo. Or shall I say bomb diggity!?

P.S. Today I am NOT going to clean my bathrooms. Sorry, you'll have to use dirty toilets and sinks if you visit today. But tomorrow is another day.