Happy Birthday to a Sweet Seven Year Old!

Spring?

I don't ever remember coming in from outside after mowing the lawn and having my fingers get the itchy tingly feeling from being so cold. I think it is still May. The calendar says so. Mr. Winter must be asleep in the back freezer while Mrs. Spring is late coming back from her vacation in Bermuda (from a good picture book I read). Well it's nice to see the the flowers bloom and the trees blossom. Here's some spring pictures anyway. Even if it's snowing outside my window.

Spring

I love the colors that appear every spring.
It amazes me that the plants know when to pop up
out of the cold barren ground after a long winter.

Spring is:
Beautiful
Warm
Sometimes Cold
Colorful
Fragrant
Trees bursting with
Green
Wet
Renewing
Windy
A time to play
and dig your fingers
and toes in the dirt,
and smell the flowers.

The answer is 49

As a parent of young children you are supposed to know all things, right? There is a never ending list of questions. Are you a mermaid? Is it night in China? What land are we in? What does it mean when there is an "N" and an "O" and then a dot? And one of my favorites, where is that plastic thing that goes to the thingy?

It's Easier to Breathe With Two Less Teeth

When asked how it felt with two missing front teeth, the answer was,

" it's easier to breathe because there is a hole."

A Day in a Life of a Cat and Pictures You Didn't Know Were on Your Camera

The lost art of kitchen appliances--and other things

This is a silly thing to write about, but as you noticed if you kept reading I'm going to anyway. I inherited this awesome egg beater a few weeks ago. No plugs, cords or motors to burn out and stop working. Total kitchen appliance awesomeness! There should be a campaign to make more kitchen gadgets like this. I also inherited these nice dishes. They have a long history, coming from Japan a long time ago.
Another thing I am excited about------ SPRING! And possibility of playing outside, a lot. Hopefully soon without coats.