Summer in Spring

Oh, the beautiful weather! The kids are out and the puppies want to follow!

Weeding Girls

It's that time of year again and with all the rain we have an abundance of weeds. Bill is working on getting all our mulch down and has been recruiting help in the weeding department. Everyone grabs a bag and starts pulling! It works well, the kids can pull ton of weeds, and that's what we have, a ton!
Erin was pretty impressed with her bag since it was a full as her sister's. She was less than thrilled at the end  when she had 'pulled hundreds of weeds, I can 't pull another!'

Seriously? I can't pull another weed!

Rainy Day Bubbles

 The birthday celebration is in full swing and started Thursday when the first gift arrived from our friend Rachel who couldn't make the party today. Then Friday Erin's sweet friend Eva dropped of a gift since she couldn't make the party. Apparently Eva insisted that they get Erin a gift and deliver it before the weekend. I insisted it wasn't necessary but Eva had other plans and they involved shopping for Erin. I'm not about to take a shopping trip away from a girl!
Of course my camera battery was charging when Eva arrived so no pictures of the girls together. Later that afternoon Erin was trying to keep herself busy while we worked to get her "surprise" party ready. She called us all out to the driveway to see her bubble creation. Bubbles were just one of the many gifts that Eva chose!
So the girls and I all watched as Erin got up close and personal with the driveway while it drizzled. She used up over half the bubbles and Paige and I were cracking up because she was so adorable. The cuteness factor was especially high due to the fact she put her skirt on backwards over her leggings!
It was so sweet for her friends to bring her gifts even though they wouldn't be here. I know that she's my little girl but she is a sweetheart and it seems that her friends feel the same way about her.

A Touch of Spring

 The driveway looks like spring is here! Even if its only for a few days, I love the adorable art work!

A Taste of Spring!

Where is spring!?

It almost felt like it today. We ran over to Sycamore Creek after lunch to play and take a walk. It was lovely, we had the whole place to ourselves. The kids all helped me collect sticks and nature treasures for the fairy class. We have a fun project at the end of the semester that we will be using natural elements. Erin got into the stick hunt big time. She was determined to fit this beast of a branch in the car. She was most unhappy that I told her there was no way it was going home with us. So she carried it and pulled it all the way to the parking area where she left it under a tree to "hide" it.

I think there is rain and then back to cold in the forecast so I am glad that we took advantage of this afternoon.

Paige found a bag of these for the fairy project.

Stopping to skip some stones and tromp through mud.

Running down the huge hill, over and over again.