Night and Day..Our Way

Way down a long, narrow, tree covered path behind our garden is a special place J built for the kids.
A little playhouse complete with door, window and skylight.
Although I have always envisioned a rustic cottage style playhouse made from odds and ends, scraps and great finds, J's interpretation was a bit more go big or go home.
He succeeded.
It is a fabulous space that I know will get years of use.
The girls are amazed.
I know that as a child I would have swooned over such a thing, a place all for myself.

Last night K held J to his promise that when it was built they could sleep in it.
It's not painted, doesn't have it's insulated walls, flooring or loft quite yet but non the less it is done enough for this purpose.,
They had a cozy sleep cuddled up each in their sleeping bags and a rather cold evening wasn't enough to detour K.
She is so lucky to have a daddy that does such things.
They had a blast.

The cat was even allowed to spend the night cuddling up.

She thought life doesn't get any better.
She's right.

The sun was up and they slept great but they were hesitant to get out of bed because they could see their breathe.

My rustic outdoors man living large with a mattress, radio and all the camping necessities.
Camping sure does change once you have kids.

The rest of the day was perfect.

Breakfast with Nana and Papa,. a walk around the air park and another great day in the yard.

We bought a whole bunch of new fruit trees and shrubs today.

I finally got a peach!!

My master plan of having a Butchard Gardens type yard by the time I am 50 is well on it's way.

I even got a new Gunnera.

I had two small ones before but the front end loader was conveniently park on them for a winter and they never recovered.

Here's to a restart.

I think the girls were a bit over zealous today as the sun shone bright.

It was relatively hot, but not that hot.

All keen and eager they managed to get the kiddie pool filled, towels out and bathing suits on.

I preferred to stay dressed and plant away.

I had to share this cute picture of our little miss muffet.

Yet another day in paradise.