My second day of Kent's trip

One of the hibiscus we planted today.

I woke up almost an hour before the alarm went off. It was well before 7:00 a.m. This is not normal. I am not a morning person, and I try not to wake up until my alarm goes off at 7:20. Oh well. I got up, put my gym clothes on, woke the kids and got them ready for school. The older two boys were already awake and ready for the day. I took Natalie and Drew to school, dropped off my early voting ballot and went to the gym. Drew came home a few minutes later after I came home, and we went to Lowe's so I could get some plants for the yard and supplies for scouts. Then we got Natalie from school and came home to start planting. Since I am trying to document what I do while Kent's gone we snapped some pictures.

Drew and I. This is part of the reason why my back hurts so much tonight.

Notice Natalie's cute outfit. I talked Natalie into wearing my favorite outfit of hers today. She, of course, hates it. I got her to agree to wear it by arranging for a park day... which didn't end up happening... because 5 minutes after we got out of the car to play Drew had to poop. Of course. Never mind that he went potty just 20 minutes earlier... At home... Where we had access to a toilet. Oh, well. I guess when nature calls you need to answer it.

Natalie couldn't get enough planting.

We (Natalie, Drew and I) dug holes for the 3 hibiscus and 1 Japanese something or other plant. I put Natalie in charge of turning on the water, and later the photography duties. Drew helped me keep the rocks out of the holes we dug. And I found out that Natalie LOVES earthworms. We had so many in each hole. I guess we've got good soil. Yay!

I don't know what Drew is doing with his hands.

This afternoon when the boys came home from school they got to plant the flat of flowers I bought. They usually fight over who gets to plant the most flowers. Natalie brought out the spray bottle to very carefully spray each petal and leaf to "make sure they were clean" (of course), and Drew told the boys where to plant the flowers. Trevor planted most of the flowers, which everyone knew about. Justin planted a few flowers, and then decided to goof off with Drew. They didn't finish until my Cub Scouts were about to leave. Alas, I did not have my camera outside so no pictures of that. But there are a couple of flowers that need to be replanted so I'll get some shots of them working tomorrow.