Gardening turned Water Fight

One peaceful, beautiful spring day, Tess, Claire and I picked out our flowers to plant in our flower boxes, planters and yard. I put Declan and Claire down for their naps, and Tess and I planted all afternoon.  Tess, who had been asking about seeds and flowers for weeks during our cold and soggy spring, was very excited about gardening and was actually very good at it and a huge help.  

Early in the evening, Chris arrived home from work and with the little kids now awake, we all returned to the yard to finish up and water what Tess and I planted. Well ... that wasn't as peaceful as earlier in the day as Declan ate dirt, Claire got dirt and flowers everywhere but in the planters, and Chris started an awesome water fight that left all of us drenched, made us laugh so hard our stomachs hurt, and confused poor Baby D to the point that he was walking around shaking his head and looking to the sky for the next strike of water. It was a perfect day.