signs of spring

Snow on the fence
snow on the bike carrier
snow on the grass
snow on the driveway
snow falling from the sky

all things that are NOT signs of spring. Please may I have spring back? I don't like this!!!

Signs of spring

It's hard to believe after the winter that we've had that spring is finally coming. I love this time of year! Seeing the signs around the yard and around town are exciting because I know the snow is done for now. Here's a couple pictures of the signs of spring around our house... What have you got around yours?

Here's my daylilies!
The chives are way up!
Tulips are coming up...
My favorite - the daffodils are coming up!
The bin of toys is open and the toys are all over the yard,
The kids are out swinging,
The grass is getting greener,

Megan, our butterfly girl

Megan has always had a fascination with butterflies and it continues...

Yesterday was Circus Day at preschool and one of the activities they had was face painting. A couple of Megan's friends wanted to be dogs, but not my girl! She's always a butterfly.


And what a beautiful butterfly she is!!

Nick's first bike!

Nick got his first bike tonight and he was so so so so excited! After dropping Megan off at church, he and I went to both Goodwill stores in town and left with a 12 inch Huffy bike. He was so excited and so proud and wanted to sit on it on the way out to the van. As it was, I was running a bit late AND both tires were flat (couldn't complain there - the bike cost us $4.35!!!) so we held off on riding it and tossed it in the van and went back to pick up Megan. He held the handlebars the whole way home and insisted it come in the house when we got home. I brought it in, set it on the floor and tried to encourage the kids to get their jammies on (it was late, after all) and Nick insisted I take a picture. The excitement was catching and so I grabbed the camera and set Nick up next to his bike.

At first he looked a little scared to be holding it...

And then his arm slipped a little and the handlebars turned a bit. It surprised him!
Next thing I knew, he was grinning like a fool and said, "Momma! It turns!!!" I think he's excited!
After he went to bed we turned it into a real kick bike. I can't wait to see him on it!

Meganism and Megan: Before & After

Megan got her hair cut today. I've been fighting her long and hard to let me do her hair for ages now and she just didn't' want to. I was done fighting her. I finally decided to let her be happy. Here she is right before she gets her hair cut.

And here she is after. What a happy girl. You should have seen her grin as the hair came off. I felt guilty for encouraging it to go longer now! she looks so cute. :)
"Mommy, when I was having quiet time, I accidentally got some blue (pen) on my leg. then I accidentally colored a bunch of polka dots on my leg too."

I bought the first 'accidentally'. The second? Not so much...

Nick

Oftentimes on Saturday mornings, after Adam takes Megan to Lowe's or Home Depot to do her projects, he'll take Nick to the train yards to watch the trains. He'll take Nick out of his car seat, let him sit in the front (with the doors shut) and then Adam will get out and take pictures. Nick gets the fun of watching the trains (and the bells which are really his favorite part) and Adam gets to play with the camera. All are happy and they have a great time!

While I've never been along on one of these adventures, I have always pictured how it would look. When Adam came home with this picture a couple of weeks ago, I was so excited because it was exactly what I imagined. What a great shot!

See how he's sitting up just riveted? He loves his trains so so much.

Meganism -- VIP

We were at Chuck E Cheese for a friend's birthday today and Megan had a great time plugging tokens into the ID maker and one of her cards that came out was VIP Diva ID card (with her picture on it). She asked me what VIP was...

Momma: VIP stands for Very Important Person because V is for Very, I is for Important and P is for Person.
Megan: Oh! That's good! Because I AM a Very Important Person!
Momma: You bet you are!
Megan: Are all people Very Important People? Like all kids, I mean. Not Moms and Dads.

ouch... that one still stings.