SLIDE!!!

That slide was wicked fast, but they both loved it.

It was simply too much fun to cheap out on pictures.

Visiting Grandma Linda. 

That was such a small box.

I couldn't believe they both squeezed into that.  And Johnny's cheeks are too squeezably cute so I guess this end result was inevitable.

He wasn't happy about that though.

The estate sale of Grandma Linda's house went well so that's good news.  There were a couple inquiries to the sale of the house itself which is promising.  It sounds like she'll move to a more permanent place sometime next week.  Daddy had a busy weekend with fixing a tire flat, building a platform step for Grandma and mowing the first mow of the year.  We had some happy grass so it took him about 4 passes to get it to a normal length.  Whew!  Now that the lawn looks so great the weeds really pop out in the flower beds.  The back yard looks pretty good, now I need to get to the front. Some of my greenhouse seeds are starting to sprout, so that's exciting.  Holiday is in her 'wants to help with everything' phase.  Which is good, it keeps me on my toes to keep coming up with ways she can help with chores and stuff.  She's a lot more excited about the things she learns at school.  Last week was bees so she's bee crazy right now.  The week before was volcanoes.  I think she's intellectually developed more to be able to retain more of what she's learns than she used to.  It's a noticeable change.  Johnny is learning lots too.  The other day he was eating breakfast watching Sesame Street and the letter of day was C, but he yelled it out before they had a chance to say it.  So he's visually starting to recognize letters.  He does seem to know what things belong to certain people. Like the Mickey Mouse is Holiday's so when he comes across it he picks it up and runs it to her (whether she wants it right then or not).