living room

Saturday Jeremiah spent the whole day painting the living room. It looks so nice!!!

Before: You can't see it so well in this photo, but all the trim in the room was deep, dark burgundy.

After!! Yeah!!

chilly days

When one lives in Western NY, spring involves cold, and even snowy days! Yeck!! SO, we must make the best of it. My little boys have grown accustomed to spending some amount of time out of doors each day and when we are all inside all day long, they get VERY antsy. So, we make use of the basement.

Hans

promise in a Dixie cup: sweet peas, zinnias, and nasturtiums starting to come up

Ethan, how can hardly take a long enough break from playing to smile for the camera

Hans exploring.

Ah, yes, it IS big enough to crawl into.

making pretzels

Ethan and Jeremiah finished the pretzel project the other night. Here is Ethan in his PJ's, all squeaky clean from his bath, helping to sort out pretzels.

focus . . Focus!

mmmm, the sweet rewards!

the news . . .

We are having a GIRL!!! All is well and the ultrasound went well.

Dancing

We watched Happy Feet the other weekend and the boys had fun dancing like the penguins:)

a drive

I saw Spring today

the sky was lit with dusk as I drove home at 8

there is a pick haze on the trees

I saw Spring today

a gangly sunflower stands on my window sill

three markers stand guard over neat rows of seeds in the garden

I saw Spring today

fat, pale green leaf buds decorate dull gray branches

3 inch spikes of green stubbornly stand tall along the walk

I saw Spring today

several fat, saucy robins march around the yard

the rain patters and comes down softly and sweetly

I saw Spring today

Really!! I did!

My Man is Splendiferous!!

This evening Ethan asked me to get chocolate covered pretzels at the store. Jeremiah suggested that maybe they could make their own while I was gone (!!) Go for it. They made a valiant attempt, only to discover that Wilbur buds are not the melting, dipping type. They are more the "hmm, what happens . . ?" science experiment type. However, he is not to be deterred and will proceed with the project when I get some of the correct chocolate. I like this guy:)