The past couple weekends we've been doing yard work and we've been accumulating quite the pile of yard clippings with all our work. The kids have been promised a bonfire repeatedly as they've been busy helping us work. Unfortunately it's been so dry, with so little rain, that there has been a burn ban preventing us from following through on this promise. Instead, we've just been piling up more and more stuff on our bonfire pit.

Yes, my son can now unhook and re-hook the little trailer on a hitch. That's obviously common knowledge in 4-year-old circles. You knew that, right? Anyway...Friday evening, after a whole day of rain, we were able to finally have that fire!

By we, you do realize that I sat inside, curled up on the couch reading a book and stuck my camera out just a couple times to document their fun? I mean, it had rained all day and was cold! Plus? ALONE TIME! It was a perfect evening; the kids got their fire and S'mores, we got rid of all the brush, and Mommy got a break.