A Pinch of Spring

Today was a pretty interesting day weather wise. Besides the fact that it has been way too cold for the last two weeks, it was a great little intro to Spring. The day was beautiful and sunny, almost 60 degrees. Really lovely but a tad windy. I have to say that I am grateful that we have had an extremely sunny fall and winter. We had very few overcast days which always feels better. While the days are still short, they have started to get longer. It is not too fun to walk out of work to a dark evening sky. But now there is still light, be it an orange glow and the sun has not yet set when I get home.

After mom's group and lunch out, we returned home to find that we could see green grass on about 50% of our lawn, the other 50% still hidden under mounds of snow. The roof is finally free of snow and exposed areas are starting to dry out. Since we live near the bottom of a very large hill, a river of melted snow water was pouring down the curb gutters out front, boring through the covered snow to make underground rivers eventually reaching drains. Both boys instantly ran down to check it out. They quickly became pretty soaked in ice cold water as they tried to create dams and locks to divert the water. Little Avram was just delighted to splash and trudge through the river. Of course, it did not last long. The shining sun was not enough to keep the cold out of little fingers and toes. After drying out and putting Avram down for a nap, Kade and I went back out - this time properly attired in tall rubber boots. We had fun floating little boats made of pieces of broken plastic through the hidden streams and watching them slide out at the other end of the snowbanks. Kade was so exhausted when we came back in that he skipped his usual long - book-snack-potty-story-bed-hig-kiss-another hug-another kiss routine and put himself down for a nap with just a smooch!

The warmth makes me itch to get back in the garden! We have already signed up for the CSA share again, this time for more, basically every weekend we are in town. Plus the fruit share and we are going to try the coffee delivery this time too. We have truly learned to eat seasonally and I am trying to adhere to that now. It is a bit hard to pass up those cucumbers or other summer vegetables but the fact that they are on the shelf means they certainly can not be local! So we are buying a lot of spinach and winter greens.

It is hard to believe that Avram will be 2 in less than 2 months. Crazy. He is really a joy and a handful. It is not that he is naughty, because he really isn't. He listens to what you say, he understands and obeys "no" it is just that he is SO busy! He is constantly on the move! He loves to explore and he loves toys with lots of small pieces. He loves to take them out one by one, arrange them, put them back. He still is not saying a whole lot but uses the following sentances a lot "I want some", "I want a bite", "I want a sip" and I was really suprised by "I want a hot dog" the other day! As you can see, he loves to eat and he will likely be a foodie like me. :)