You know it's Winter

The rinks are open so the skates have come out. Emily and Liam have been asking to go skating so we went to our community ice rink yesterday. Both kids picked up where they left off last year. And Liam's personality (ie. stubborness/independence) is shining through. He did not want any help, even when he was about to fall backwards. Thank goodness for helmets and face masks. He is definitely into skating this year; so much that he wanted go back out once the zamboni finished cleaning the ice or "find another rink." We may have to build a rink in the yard.

To Sod or Not to Sod?

With the help of my parents, we spread our topsoil this past Saturday. Now the question is do we lay the sod? It's mid-October so the weather is pretty unpredictable. I'd like to put it down so that the yard doesn't become a mud pit and/or dust bowl, but will the grass live?

Landscape crew working away...