whadda week. in pictures.

this week has been something else. but in between hand, foot and mouth disease, non stop rain, and matt working an insane number of hours, we had some fun mixed in too. and i even took pictures to remind myself of that very fact. you know, when the going gets tough, the mom takes pictures. 

here she is on her last day of preschool!

this is one of ellee's best friends, ava.

ellee's other best friend, ada.

this is ellee's hook and basket. it was a very big deal.

ellee's school has a little fish pond out front. every drop off and pick up, we had to say hello to the terrified gold fish. i gotta be honest, i won't miss this.

this is our garden. it started as my garden but really, it's now matt's garden. so, yeah. tons of rain this week and even some hail. our lil' garden has hung in there quite nicely. matt declared today that 6 weeks from now and we'll have tomatoes. mark your calendars, people.

our little memorial day celebration. hot dogs and potato salad on the back deck. oh, and also three of these people have hand, foot and mouth disease. that's why it's just us. can you even imagine that no one was interested in coming over and hanging out with us?!

no one can eat a steak to the bone like matty. personally, i find it to be rather disgusting. but i do appreciate that he enjoys the food i make. so, there's that. 

here's our healthy little sophie. she was our only survivor. no HFM for her.

everyday, i thank god for our backyard. here, the kids are searching for nightcrawlers. it was no big deal that this was literally right in the middle of dinner and the kids all ran to the yard and were gone for 10 minutes. matt and i didn't care because we got to eat in peace. manners be damned. 

the end of this week and i swear i feel like that bone. chewed on, cut up and almost ready for the dog. but hey, summer is knocking on my door and if there's one thing that i appreciate about the oppressive minnesota heat is that try though they may, illness cannot survive the scorching temperatures and aggressive mosquitoes here in the twin cities. so hey summer, bring it on.