We got the garden all fenced in, the tomatoes transplanted and all the seeds are up. I think next year I'll go with the black plastic mulch idea because weeding is just ridiculous. We had a bunch of straw laying around so I put that around the larger plants and it seems to be working well.

We got to see the Harts a couple times when they were here last week, so that was awesome. Now we're in withdrawal; Ethan askes to see Matt and Gabe atleast once a day. He talked to his cousin on the phone and kept calling him Matthew. :) Next week we're going to the dentist for the first time. I told him the dentist uses instruments to clean his teeth and he's like "Oooh, he uses a trumpet?" Now we're off to make a papier mache triceratops mask. I've been telling him I'd make him one forever but today we're really going to do it.

Such a brilliant color, the camera can't even capture it.
Maybe you should come over and see it for yourself.

For anyone who has input I'd love your advice:

What kinds of things do you like to do with your kids on the Lord's Day?

I can only ask the catechism so many times, walks can be distracting, Lord's Day toys can get old week after week and there's also the limited attention span. I miss the long gone days where I could sit and read a deep book for hours until I actually understood it, rather than just the same sentence over and over again every time I pick up the book. I know I can't be selfish anymore because it's my job to cultivate a love for the Lord's Day and direct young minds toward what's appropriate. But there's such a limit on a two-year-old's capacity, you know? Or maybe I'm wrong and just haven't tried hard enough. Anyone have success here?