Trumpets, Dirt, and Goodbyes

We've thankfully enjoyed time with all the grandparents this week--how blessed are we? Mimi spiced up our night Wednesday by bringing over cousin Brian's trumpet and Daddy's old saxophone. Too cool in the world of little boys! We were not surprised to see our musical M absolutely taken by the new "toys". He amazed us with his ability to already elicit sounds with proper lip buzzing, etc. You can be sure the grandmothers were giddy with excitement--my mom was a music major/choir director/organist and Mimi played violin and piano, sung in many choirs, and continues to wow us with her musical prowess. Good genes for my kiddos? You betcha! :)
The boys and Pappy had great adventures yesterday, heading out to a nearby pond. They reported seeing turtles, frogs, geese, and goslings or "baby goose" according to M. T was most excited to tell about a green snake sighting on the walk back. M had reached down to pick up a green worm only to find it was no worm at all! They enjoyed watching it slither into the bushes.
Later Pappy and M had the World Piston Cup race with the two Lighting McQueens. M won and insisted that he and Pap lie on the floor to reminisce about the race. Too cute! :)
These shots are from earlier in the week when we received quite a delivery of mulch. Can you imagine a better time for little boys? Many, many thanks to my dad for ALL of his amazing work getting this distributed to the flower beds. I had to hold back a bit, but confess to helping a little with the mulch raking. It's the old landscaper in me!! As of today, our beds look beefy and beautiful even though the torrential rains this week have removed a lot of the dark brown dye. The beds already look so aged. Oh well!
And here is the latest on our petunia sprouts. They are making their way toward any and all sunlight. We haven't yet had to water, which is great because I would probably overwater and kill the poor things! The best has been watching the boys inspect the sprouts daily. They love to show any visitors our newest growth. Now we are waiting for first leaves to sprout and then we will "thin the herd", providing our own natural selection for the biggest and healthiest in each pod. That will be hard to do. I want them all to live... blah, blah. :)
We were so sad to say final farewells to my parents this morning. :( Sniff, sniff. They have literally brought me back to life with their care and love. Thank you, Mom and Dad!! You have saved me once again. Little did they know that parenting continued past 30 years. :) lol. They are the best and we are so blessed by them. Our quality of life this week has been through the roof!!

So that's the latest from corner of the world. I do hope this finds you well. We send our love and very best Friday wishes to you today.

God bless for an awesome weekend!