Summer is finally on its way! M spent the weekend at his grandparents’ house in search of tree frogs – his current obsession (I mean interest).

What is it that makes children want to put every small creature they come across in some sort of container? The tiny frog he found spent a terrifying hour in a plastic sandwich box with a handful of grass before we convinced M that his family was probably missing him and that we were pretty sure he didn’t eat grass. He finally agreed to return him to the wilds of Nana & Grandpa’s front yard.

Soon the fields will be twinkling with lightning bugs (those are fireflies for those of you not from the south) and M will spend many happy evenings filling old Mason jars with them. (Don’t call PETA on us though…mommy has a soft spot for all of God’s creatures, and we practice catch and release lightning bug hunting!)

It isn’t quite lightning bug weather yet, so I had a little fun in Photoshop…

In honor of the soon-to-be (please, please!) spring weather, Miss G tried out a new hairdo.

At first she wasn’t too sure about it, but then she decided she looked pretty cute.

It didn’t last long though. First the bows went, then the ponytail holders…

We are all getting a little cabin fever here – it has been a long winter, even though we haven’t had much snow, and we are all ready to get outside and play! It doesn’t help that we’ve had so many teaser days with temps around 70, and now they are calling for snow on Monday!

Come on spring! We’re waiting…