Weekending April 12th

Spring’s warmth is upon us, and it is a lovely thing. There are sniffles here and there...complaints of headaches, but we can't blame that on spring right?
We are pondering whether we want to start planting seeds now or if we should wait. We have always loved gardening, but with upcoming changes, I am not sure if I want to take on one more project that I will drop mid-way (not for a lack of passion or desire, but time). We will see.

The best thing about the lovely trip around the sun, is that we get many chances to try, again and again. And so the children and I will sit down and plan our activities for the next few months ...right after Easter celebrations are all done :)

Have a great week everyone!

The NOT picnic day

“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.”

— John Muir

I would say that the highlight of the children's week was the outdoor "picnic" on Wednesday morning. I didn't actually use the word picnic when I told the children about our day's activities. I simply said that we would go to  the bridge (as we call it), and then we would share snacks. Somehow, everyone got excited that we were going on a picnic :)

For the record, I don't have a problem with picnics or the word; it's just that it was quite chilly outside, and when we do have picnics, it's usually nice enough for us to sit and relax and speak and eat slowly - this was not that kind of day. So I wanted the kids to understand that we would play for a little bit, then eat, then head home. 

There was a lot of ice in the area where the kids often play/run around. I tried to get them to stay off the ice, but you know from experience, the more you warn, the more the activity just seems REALLY interesting. I was shocked however, that not only were they walking on the ice, they were running *yikes*. We had a few tumbles, with a lot of laughter... no one was hurt thankfully.

At the end, they ate their snacks and ran around for a little while before we headed home.