Finally, no more dust and dirt!  It’s been six months now since we moved in and last Friday we got grass in our backyard.  Today we got grass in the front and wow does it make a difference.  We actually have colour surrounding the house.  But, with that also comes more work as for new grass we’ve been out everyday making sure it gets the right amount of water.  You’re suppose to water in the mornings but in order to get it the right amount we’ve been waking up early, like 6am, to ensure that both the front and back get at least 1 hour of water.  We have then small patches of grass in between the houses that we do by hand, but otherwise the sprinkler and hose Mattamy gave us has been doing the trick.

Also, with the new grass, on Saturday Mattamy had a flower/plant day.  They gave us $150 to spend on whatever we wanted.  We ended up picking up like 5-7 plants and a few flowers.  My parents came by on the Sunday and we made a nice flower garden in the front of the house along the porch.  Then we put two plants in the backyard for now, where we also want to setup a flower garden eventually.  It really gives the house some personality now.  For the front we just need to find some stone to build around the garden.  Hope to do that in the next week.

We’re so happy that finally our house doesn’t look like a construction site anymore!