Worms and Cousins

About a week ago, on a rather gorgeous day, we spent some time outside while Eric tilled the garden and planted some colder weather things like radishes, carrots and lettuce. They will spend some time in the little makeshift greenhouse until it warms up at night a bit more. Eric always has a great helper in Madison, when it comes to digging in the dirt.

He is teaching her how to catch worms, so she can keep them supplied with fishing bait! She held this one for about an hour and wanted to take it along on our walk:

Eric has been going down to Pella to help his brother a lot last fall and now again this spring to do some tiling and bulldozing. Once in a while the girls and I go along and spend the day with Carolyn and their boys Lucas and Trenton. Madison loves to hang out with her cousins and get some "boy play" in- we dont have snakes or semi's at our house!