tuesday's ten: in & out

1- My friend gave me a whole lotta willowy tree starts which I planted this week along our imaginary fence... Char says they look really sad but I'm encouraging them daily to look happy =]
2- J was playing on the front porch while I was reading on my bed (Char was "on duty") & we enjoyed a few moments of hide & seek- between the curtain =] I'm not sure how he got so dirty... :}

3- I went yard saling with Char's mom on Sat, bought a quilt hanger, came home & had to rearrange the house because of it =]

4- Here's our new computer desk/area (compliments of Char's mom as well =])
5- I also rearranged the kitchen & dining (1 thing always leads to another!) so here's the improved dining area (tea pot & micro incorporated in).
6- If you look closely (but not close enough to see the mess!) in the corner by the tree, you'll see the quilt thingy, plus the rearrangement of the couches- I'm enjoying having it all open & the little table for use as a foot stool =]
7- Auntie Amber & Uncle Eddie gave the boys John Deere's while we were in MT to which the boys found it necessary to expand on: tying things to the back & towing them =]

*Z: towing the frog
*J: towing the train's caboose

8- Zeke happened upon a praying mantis last night! I'm not sure why, but these ugly insects are so cool!

*I like how the mantis & Char are leaning alike...*
*the boys checking it out*
*Char moving it off the house to a bush*
*home sweet home*

9- This morning Z comes running to me in a panic about a bug in the house... it turned out to be the praying mantis again... in the house, dead looking...apparently, Z didn't appreciate it being in the house & he took action. :{ But as soon as I touched it, it grabbed hold & is now safely back in the bush. :}

10- Because of the sightings, we decided to do a spur-of-the-moment class on Praying Mantis' which are pretty strong insects... and if I find it killing my hummers, he's out of here!

(cool clip on mantis')