Briana The Landscaper and Gardener

Like the outfit? I think it is the perfect planting outfit, don't you? ;)

As you can see, spring has officially hit Georgia and we have been mulching, pulling weeds and planting. Briana stayed overnight with Gramma and Papa the night of the Bon Jovi concert and then Gramma offered to let Bri stay one more night. Bri was more than excited to do so. Doug and I got to rest a bit and also get some things done around the house without a 3.5 year old under foot. But now I see why Gramma and Papa wanted her to stay. They had her doing manual labor around their house. She was raking leaves and throwing seed in their yard. I totally get it now. ;)

Here she is raking with Papa...

Throwing seed...

Putting down some more grass seed...

The morning that Bri was going to be dropped off by my parents, Doug and I got up early and started putting fresh mulch in the islands of our front yard. Briana arrived about 11:30 and immediately wanted to help us in the yard too - even though she had helped Papa in the yard the day before.

Getting the mulch in a wheelbarrow...

Let's rake this out...

I'm a yard girl...

For several weeks, I told Briana we needed to go buy flowers for our flower pots on the back deck. I told her she could pick out one of the pots to be her special pot and that she could pick her own flowers for it. She was soooo excited. So the next morning, after mulching day, we headed to the HD to pick out flowers.

Here we are on the car ride over...

She ended up with a little stomach bug that afternoon, so we waited until the next day to actually plant the flowers.

Put on the gloves...

Put in the soil...

Now time for watering... (It was actually slightly chilly that morning, thus the Minnie Mouse socks that were thrown on before planting.)

Voila!

And here is Briana's very special flower pot...

Now that I am back on my feet again, I am really loving spring (except for the enormous amount of pollen in the air). This time of the year is so beautiful in GA. Happy Spring!