Spring fever

I am usually a lot better at updating the blog but I haven't even taken a picture since February. It's hard to be inspired by something when it is the same old thing inside the house every day. That is changing, thankfully, as the weather decided to warm up, the snow has almost completely melted and we are all restless. On Sunday it was 64 degrees. Oh it felt so nice, how can you not get outside and enjoy one of the first warm spring days?

Jason and Piper walked around the yard to inspect the sod, Piper saw the camera and decided she needed to pose.
The yard doesn't look great at this point but we can see the grass, and the hula hoop that has been hiding all winter long. Actually the grass is all covered with mold, it's pretty gross. It's hard to imagine that just a week and a half ago there was several feet stacked up across the yard and now it's all but gone.

Another benefit of spring, we can visit with the neighbors. Bella is such a little doll, she sees the girls and just comes running up to the fence. If it's not her climbing the fence it's Piper and Reagan. At least we've had the opportunity to see Bella at our Mops (Mothers of Preschoolers) meetings twice a month all winter.

Piper and Jason took her bike's up to the gas station and filled the tires. Jason tried to convince Piper to drive without her training wheels and I guess she tried and got scared because they went right back on. We also tried to tell her she's getting a little big for this bike but she likes it this way.

Reagan was all smiles to be able to get out and ride her bike.

Farewell old friend

Jason had to bid farewell to something very important to him today. It's been a staple in his life for over 5 years now and he was reluctant to say goodbye.

His favorite shirt! I have pictures of him holding Piper as a baby in this shirt (which I couldn't find) and Reagan in this shirt. I think I have countless other pictures of him in this shirt as well. He's worn it almost weekly for many years and he was upset when Piper pointed out a little rip in the elbow at dinner tonight. I tried to take it off him and he said no, it's not noticeable so I did the only thing a faithful wife could do and took a hold of that little rip and made it much worse. Now he can't go in public in a tattered shirt. I feel for him, he really had some good times in that shirt.
One of the good old days, holding Reagan in the hospital.

Zoo Day

It was so nice to get out of the house this morning and visit the zoo with Niki and Brecken! We all had a great time stretching our legs and taking in some different scenery!
I didn't bundle us up to go to the outdoor exhibits so we spent a lot of time with the fish and birds today. We usually skip over that part of the zoo during the summer so it was kind of new for the kids.

Brecken was a big fan of the fish!

And her cousins, she was laughing at Piper running up and down the big ramp to the tropics exhibit. We can't wait until she's toddling beside them!

We even made it to the bird show. We have never made it to one of the shows, we are always on our own schedule and not in the correct part of the zoo to make a show. Brecken loved the birds! She squaked right along with them. I thought Reagan would really love the bird show too but she was just kind of so - so, she does not like owls, they are too big and scary. Piper, ever the student sat and intently listened to the presenter and after they brought the bald eagle out she said, "hey, that's the national bird" or something to that affect. It was a fun morning even though it was high school field trip day and it was busy. I was glad it was high school students though, they were all very well mannered and stayed out of the way for the girls even when the girls were right in the middle of their groups. It was funny, at first Piper kept scanning the crowds for Maddie (Jason's cousin) and then she even thought she spotted Kathleen and got really excited.

blah blah blah, Winter, is it over yet???

Cabin fever alert!! I am over winter and all it's snowy, cold glory! It's only February so I think I'll have to settle in to the realization that we still have a long way to go. The girls and I are pretty bored cooped up in the house so I've luckily enlisted Niki and Brecken to come to the zoo with us tomorrow for a change of scenery. Hopefully everyone will want to hang out in the tropics exhibit and listen to the birds squacking away. That will cheer us up, yeah, sure, that will work for an hour or two anyways.