Skip to main content

The Joy of Spring

Image
By
Spring is here! For the first time since the 1800's, Minnesota saw a March without any snow.  It's simply amazing...the grass is turning green, the trees are budding, and flowers are starting to poke through the ground.  It is simply lovely to be free of the snow and cold!

The kids have been able to play outside the last few weeks at daycare...apparently, Ava didn't want to come in one day, and sulked in her highchair over lunch.  She refused to eat lunch or even drink any milk because she didn't want to come in from outside!  I can't say I blame her...

One night last week, Ava even gave up her CC to Scooter...she happily pushed him around the yard.


And then Scooter had a chance to ride her tricycle - since his legs are so short, Ava kindly wheeled him around.



With the new season comes a reason to eat a little better - pool season will be here before we know it!  However, I thought I would treat us and bought some Golden Chocolate Oreos last week...kinda like a reverse Oreo - vanilla cookie with chocolate on the inside.  They are SO good.  And SO messy.



Ava's such an active girl, that I like to capture these moments when I can.  Our little angel...


I think Ava might end up being a shoe-girl.  She loves clearing out all of my boots in the closet...thank goodness many of the shoes are out of her reach!  She seems to really like this pair - I've found them all over the main floor of our house.



These are just some random pics from before dinner the other day.  I'm not sure what she was trying to accomplish with the chairs - notice how she's trying to line them up so carefully...







Comments

Lisa said…
They do so many funny (STRANGE!) things these days! And what is the facination with shoes?!? LOVE the pic of her sleeping- they are so sweet and peaceful. It's rare in our house too!
April 7, 2010 at 8:35 AM
Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Goodbye Sweet Spanky

By
This is a post that I'm not very excited to write.  As you probably know, our oldest dog, Spanky, had struggled with health issues (ear infections, seizures) his whole life, and recently, his health had severely deteriorated.  He hadn't been eating, his ear infection was so severe his face was swollen, he had a hard time getting up the stairs, and he very rarely wanted to play.  Last week we got a few tail wags from him, and he ate a few bowls of food, but it was a 50-50 chance that he would actually keep the food down. On Thursday, we made the decision that if he wasn't any better by this weekend, we were going to put him down.  I know Scott didn't want to make that decision as Spanky was a very special dog to him - he truly was his little buddy, following him around everywhere, wanting to be wherever Scott was, and howling his sadness whenever Scott would leave him. Throughout Friday night, it became clear that Spanky wasn't going to have a miraculous recovery...
2 comments
Read more

Grandparents, Birthdays, and Sprinklers, Oh MY!

By
What a whirlwind week we've had...I was trying to get everything wrapped up at work so I could take my 5-day "furlough" from last Wednesday, through tomorrow. Wednesday was my first day at home, so Ava and I had a ton of "fun" getting everything ready for the upcoming activities. I did have a wonderful massage, so that started my vacation off very well... Gramma Karen and Grampa Doug drove in from KC on Wednesday afternoon. We had a great evening catching up, and enjoying the nice weather (until the downpour that happened right as they were leaving our house!) On Thursday, Scott, Dad, Mom, and I drove down to Cannon Falls and Rochester to check out the areas for potential future homes/land for us. At some point, we'd like to move south of the Cities. Ava was a very good little girl, especially considering that she was stuck in a car for most of her FIRST BIRTHDAY!!! We went to Applebee's for lunch, and the wait staff came out singing to someone else...I...
3 comments
Read more

Waffles and Helmets

By
Ava, Grandma Karen and I had a great end to the weekend last Sunday.  We took a little adventure to Black: Coffee and Waffles, which is a small little place by the U which serves...waffles!  I chose to have a savory waffle, Grandma Karen chose a fruit and granola waffle, and Ava chose to build her own with cinnamon, caramel, whipped cream, and marshmallows.  Sweeeeeet! It was neat going someplace we hadn't been before, plus it gives Ava exposure to more than just her suburban life.  She needs that.  We then went and played at a local park, and Ava made a few new friends.  It was perfect weather to sit on a bench and catch up with my mom!  After 30 min or so, we rounded up Ava and headed off to the Wild Rumpus bookstore in the Linden Hills neighborhood of Minneapolis (by Lake Harriet.)  We saw lots and lots of animals there (cats, chinchillas, rats, ferrets, birds) but no chickens!  Bummer!  It took forever to get Ava to narrow dow...
Post a Comment
Read more