Summer appears to have decided to stick around this time. After all the cold snaps and never ending days of rain, we are finally seeing some nice weather. M & G made good use of it the other night. We worked out in the yard, clearing up a winter’s worth of debris, and they enjoyed every minute of it.

Well, almost.

G was thrilled to be outside. She is going to love playing outside just as much as her big brother. Here she is…all smiles…

But not for long…

M wasn’t doing something to suit her – and she let him know about it…

Those eyes crack me up.

I’m still not sure how someone so little can be SO opinionated. But, she gets it honest, as they say.

From her daddy…

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…

I just finished taping heart-shaped lollipops to about 125 Star Wars valentines. Okay, maybe it wasn’t *quite* that many. I also wrapped a box in shiny red paper and cut a hole in it to serve as a valentine mailbox. I haven’t done valentines since I was in elementary school! It brings back memories.
In case you didn’t know, it is also National Random Act of Kindness Week. My son’s school is encouraging them to perform a RAK each day to celebrate. In the process of bagging up conversation hearts for the teachers, (I ran out of suckers. Well, there’s one left, but it’s mine!) I came across one that illustrates the theme of both RAK Week and Valentine’s day perfectly. It is something I hope to teach my children. I am still learning it myself…

Think of what the world would be like if we each made it a point to perform just 1 RAK each day of our lives. Something as insignificant to you as letting someone out into traffic can make a big difference in that person’s day. Give it a try! What goes around comes back, as a family friend says, and you just might find that you’ve been RAK’d yourself.

I guess all kids love splashing in the tub, & Miss G is no exception. Now that she can take baths in the “big girl tub,” she is free to splash to her heart’s content.

I came across this picture from summer before last while sorting through my digital files. It made me smile. I think it is the picture that should be in the dictionary beside the entry for “little boy.”

I had taken M & G (still a tiny baby) to the park with my mom & grandmother. With a whole park full of slides, swings, monkey bars, & jungle gyms, M homed right in on an old can someone had left lying there and had a blast kicking it around the park. One man’s trash is a little boy’s treasure…

{Note the tongue – this is the only proper way to kick a can…}