We finally had a couple days of really nice weather, so the landscapers got busy on the
pavers patio. I was so excited to have it done and thought it looked nice. The boss guys, however, looked at it and told the workers to pull it all up and start over. Apparently they didn't line things up the way they are supposed to, so the lines in the
pavers aren't parallel to the house. It's a little thing that I hadn't even noticed. Once they pointed it out I could see what they were talking about, but it wasn't a major problem. Nevertheless, out come the
pavers... I must say that I am impressed with the guys who are doing our landscaping -- that they would be honest to point out something that they felt was anything less than perfect and start over at their own cost. I like honest people.
Check it out -- no black plastic! (All the rocks are now lying in the area behind our house-- you can see some in the picture; we may end up using a few of the nice ones in our landscaping.)
They got the ditches dug for the sprinkler pipes and got everything laid (or lain, depending on how your English is). Tomorrow they're bringing in the dirt and the real fun begins.
And here's a little something extra... My girls were really starting to fight a lot again, so I got a book full of good ideas for motivating children to do what they are supposed to. The girls each made a face on a paper sack (Morgan's face is almost too light to see.). Then we cut a slit through which we can pull out a roll of gum tape (you know, that stuff you buy at the store that is a big long piece of gum rolled up like a snail). Every time someone forgets to "bite their tongue", the person they spoke rudely to gets to cut off 1 inch of the offenders gum and keep it. At the end of the week, the girls will get whatever gum is left in their bag. So far this has worked exactly as I'd hoped and we're having a great week!
And here's something cute Brynne said today: She was trying to do her hair, but it wasn't cooperating with what she wanted it to do. She said, "My hair doesn't like me. It just likes staying on my head and going for rides." :)
Check it out -- no black plastic! (All the rocks are now lying in the area behind our house-- you can see some in the picture; we may end up using a few of the nice ones in our landscaping.)
They got the ditches dug for the sprinkler pipes and got everything laid (or lain, depending on how your English is). Tomorrow they're bringing in the dirt and the real fun begins.
And here's a little something extra... My girls were really starting to fight a lot again, so I got a book full of good ideas for motivating children to do what they are supposed to. The girls each made a face on a paper sack (Morgan's face is almost too light to see.). Then we cut a slit through which we can pull out a roll of gum tape (you know, that stuff you buy at the store that is a big long piece of gum rolled up like a snail). Every time someone forgets to "bite their tongue", the person they spoke rudely to gets to cut off 1 inch of the offenders gum and keep it. At the end of the week, the girls will get whatever gum is left in their bag. So far this has worked exactly as I'd hoped and we're having a great week!
And here's something cute Brynne said today: She was trying to do her hair, but it wasn't cooperating with what she wanted it to do. She said, "My hair doesn't like me. It just likes staying on my head and going for rides." :) 
5 comments:
I didn't realize about the pavers patio. It looks great wrong so should be wonderful right. The gum thing is brillient. It just takes some practice being nice to each other - at some point I think it becomes a habit. Brynne was right on with the hair thing. My hair just rides around constantly!
Oh, I love this post! Keep the landscaping pictures coming! It is so fun to see it in progress. I love the before/after stuff with projects. We're going to be doing our yard soon, too.
Hmmm ... the pavers do look good. What color are they again? They look gray, but I thought you picked a brown. I'll just have to come see them in person.
Brynne says a lot of cute things. My favorite is still how she is so excited to ride a cheetah in the millenium ...
So cute what Brynne said and very cool that the landscaping boss was honest!
looks like the yard is coming along splendidly and my my I love that Brynne-Brynne!
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