April Showers Bring May Flowers...

But then again, so does:
1. Ripping up all the dead geraniums.
2. Returning them to Home Depot (yes, they take back flowers, dead or alive, as long as you have the receipt).
3. Exchanging lots of sad geraniums for lots of happy vincas.
4. And having a Family-Flower-Planting-Party (everything is much funner when you add "Party" to the title).
Mission: Planting 38 gallons of flowers before sunset.

Our big helpers:
River "helped" by clearing flowerbeds of all random what-nots.

Meadow and Heaven "helped" by quickly drinking all of Mom's coke when they thought she wasn't looking.

Secret "helped" by devouring exactly 12 dum-dums and 1 handful of dirt (look how proud she is).

Raven "helped" by...
Laying the weed cloth with Dad,

Planting the flowers with Mama,

And giving all the newly planted flowers a big drink.

All helped in their own special way, but one in particular (I'm not naming any names) was just a touch more productive than the others.

Mission: Accomplished.