Alyssa's Garden - Brought to you by DIY-er Greg Voter

It all started with my idea of going shopping with Alyssa to buy flowers and her very own flower pot! Greg chimed in, "Lys, do you want Daddy to build you a flower box instead?" She, of course, thought that sounded awesome! So off to work they went. Greg had recently built a fence for our friends and had a bunch of leftover lumber.

So off to work he went...

Alyssa and Cohen were quick to offer their help... Lys even took a break from riding her bike to help (which explains the helmet).

Cohen went in for a quick Father-Son Smooch!! (Tear!! Sniffle, sniffle!!)

"Ah-ha!" Thinks Cohen, "Daddy isn't looking... I am going to see if I can climb this beast!"

Success!!

Whew, this is tough work, watching Daddy do everything... time for a break!

Breaks over! Get back to work!

Biggest little helpers ever!!

"Sweet!" Thinks Cohen! "I found a hammer... time to bang on some wood!"

So excited to plant flowers!!

Off to Lowe's we go!

Got the goods!

So we dig! Shovels for everyone! Except for Mom, who was busy taking pictures!

SO Proud of her flowers!

Alyssa was in her happiest place ever! She was actually singing while watering the flowers. One of her made-up lyrics went like this... "I am watering the flowers...now I am out of water...so bring me some water todayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" It was like a show tune... hilarious!

Such a fun Father-Daughter project...even if it WAS supposed to be a Mother-Daughter project!

I fear if it would have stayed a Mother-Daughter project it would have ended up more like this:

 

Easter Sunday

We had such a fun Easter! We went to the beach and played in the sand! Unfortunately, Cohen's new sunglasses were left behind. Sad! He was a beast though, tried running into the water every other second! All hands on deck for the Voter's! Happy times, happy family :-) the day ended playing in the yard...Lys loved stumbling upon Daddy's work glasses! Hilarious faces were made! Her favorite thing is to pick dandelions! She loves picking flowers and picked boatloads from all of our neighbors lawns, daddy' takes great care of our lawn so we rarely have any. And lastly, to sum up our fabulous Easter weekend, we showcase Alyssa's new bike! Santa was supposed to bring the bike, but instead he brought a bounce-house, so the bike was really Christmas' sloppy seconds...hopefully we didn't set the bar too high for Easter next year! Glowing in fab fluorescents is Miss Lys!! Because everyone rides bikes in flip flops and a Maxi dress!