Scarecrow and Dye

The Langfords are agricultural. After much time working on the belts on the tiller, having to take it to Mr. Donnie's, Rusty finally got our garden planted with the help of Uncle Jess: corn, green beans, tomatoes, peppers, squash, zucchini, potatoes, and onions. We still need to plant the okra, watermelon, and cantaloupe. We will only now pray that the Lord grows it. Every year we are amazed that those little seeds turn into food.

Because the birds ate all our corn the first year we planted despite our attempt at a scarecrow, Rusty decided a to make a more real-life scarecrow. We decked him out in Rusty's work shirt and jeans, cowboy boots, and a cap and stuffed him with pine straw, and so far he is doing his job. But, I know he is eventually going to scare/surprise me.

With all the action in the yard, it took me all day to get both kids ready to dye eggs. When we finally got to it, Elisha was more interested in trying to stand on the table than dyeing eggs. He also tried to drink the dye...Caleigh was excited she made Poppy a Crimson Tide Easter egg (a brown egg dyed red). And, Josiah was just happy that he got to get out of his winter clothes.

From scarecrow to scary...Caleigh ran around all day in her oh-to0-short skirt, a green crocodile shirt, striped knee highs, and her (beep-beep) boots. (I am raising the Queen of Tacky!) So, Elisha had to deck himself out in his blue jean jacket and Caleigh's Hello Kitty boots before getting in the bathtub.