The Joys of Spring

So, yesterday, I made the mistake of posting on facebook that I felt so lucky to finally be seeing Robins and Bluebirds back in my yard. Our snow was just about gone. Just the residual few clumps.

But, of course, it is still March, so yes, we woke up to about an inch of snow.

At least, we had this lady and her sibling in the yard to help ease the UGH of a lingering winter.

Go Fly a Kite

This was a few weeks ago. It is almost always windy up on our hill.
We have now left the kite in the car so, that we have it with us when we decide that it is a good kite flying day.
It was too sunny for someone so, they had to borrow my sunglasses.
Manny's turn.
They couldn't get it way up there. I guess the kite string is a little tangled.
Caught again. This kid literally drops his drawers anywhere. Ok, not everywhere but, we need to work on this a little.


Johnsie flying the kite.


Manny flying the kite.

Garden Rocks

N and D had a blast the other day painting rocks for our garden. D made one that looks like a bee. Mom helped a little with the stripes. His other one is very artistic the way he blended and used colors. N made a really big ladybug. Mom painted a few too. I take the easy way out, polka dots. I hope the colors don't fade too fast. Only one of the paints was made for outdoor crafts. Time will tell. I am sure they will have just as much fun repainting them next year if they do fade.

Mud Puddle

Yesterday when D asked if he could get out his rain boots to jump in a puddle that was in our driveway I didn't even hesitate. This never would have happened when A was little and I don't remember N doing it too often either. This is, of course, not because they didn't want to jump in puddles too. It is because I didn't want them to. I don't know if it is because I am older or because D is the third child, but it doesn't bug me anymore. Let'em get good and messy. Who cares. Of course, I wouldn't let him jump in puddles in his Sunday best but go for it in plain old clothes. Rarely do I put D in clothes that he can't mess up. His life is usually spent in Granimals from Walmart.

I have loosened up with N too. Or maybe he has made me loosen up. Either way you can often find him with grass stains on his knees and really, really muddy shoes. I was so happy when the Easter Bunny brought N some knee high rubber boots. I don't know how many times this spring we had three pairs of sopping wet, winter boots in the house. That is not because I had three children traipsing around in puddles. It is because besides his own, N can fit into mine and A's boots too and when one pair was wet he went onto the next. UGH. Of course, by the time the Easter Bunny saved us with rubber boots all the snow had melted.

Kite Flying

When don't we have a windy day. So, we decided to break out the kite today and have fun flying it. I think R and I had more fun than D. We have had this kite for yrs. You can't see it here but it is made from nylon. I think I got it from discovery toys but I am not sure. We plan on having many hours of kite flying this spring and summer.