Spring has Sprung!

Sleepy groundhogs being silly while making fuse bead treasures

Only at my house will i turn around and find a nibbled carrot in the middle of the kitchen floor...?

 

Daffodils were gorgeous this year and Micah helped me deliver some to Granny. 

(he doesn't like the loud garage door, so he set them down to muffle his ears)

 
I got crafty with one of the scrounged old cupboard doors that Dad found for me.  I loved my front porch this year!  The fuchsias, hostas, and ferns absolutely loved our shady porch, and I loved all of the green and (eventual) pink.

The girl liked having another spot for some quiet.  Sometimes hard to come by in our house.

And Josh started riding his bike to kindergarten!  This was new and exciting--he only crashed into Lucas down the street once to learn to give people space.

 

I was a little obsessed with watching the hostas erupt from the ground this year...

Picnics with mom...

And Grace wanted to walk home all by herself after school!  I was a little nervous at first, but once I realized, a) there's a fabulous crossing guard, b) she WANTED to walk, and c) I didn't have to rush to get Micah down for naps anymore, it was an easy decision.  Love this girl!

Turning the sprinklers on for the season included RUNNING THROUGH THEM in "oh, so hot" weather the kids insisted we were having...

And the neighbors started peeking out of their houses!  These two crazies hopped the fence one night for play time.