Welcome Spring!

Yesterday we spent at least 4 1/2 hours outside with the kids. We all thoroughly enjoyed the weather. We spent a lovely morning wandering around the Locks and were delighted to see two salmon at the fish ladder. Max made up a really cute game pretending to be a salmon hatching out of his egg. Alice and Shawn spent tons of time practicing Alice's stair climbing. Alice must have been so revved up from all the activity that she refused to nap, so we fueled up with Lighthouse coffees and banana bread and headed out for an afternoon at the park. We had a great afternoon romping around the playground. We all came home tired, happy and hungry. We gobbled up dinner and the kids were asleep by 7:30pm! It was so refreshing to just be able to go to a playground and not have to spend a few loud crazy hours inside some indoor playground. I've gotten tired of those venues over the winter and can't wait to spend some more fun afternoons outside.

My first week of work went very well. The kids are adjusting to their sitters, and it felt so nice to do something different with my mornings. I'm looking forward to going to work this week and digging into some learning and challenges in my new job.

We will register Max for more swim lessons this week. He loves his swimming class and is really thriving. He can even swim for a bit with some flotation devices! Saturday he will start a morning gymnastics class. I'm also organizing a neighborhood soccer "league" to start next month. I think it will be great fun for all the kids to get together and kick a bunch of balls around. I played one on one soccer with Max yesterday, on an actual soccer field and he was asking me questions about how an actual game would be played. This is a huge change over last spring when we enrolled him in a sports class he had very little interest in. Alice is already pretty good at kicking the ball around. We're looking forward to lots of fun outside time!

Little Alice is sleeping off some kind of odd little stomach bug and I'm getting ready to prep some dinner. Shawn and Max are up at the library, one of their usual weekend outings. Tonight Shawn is meeting with his bookclub. We're just moving right along, and so glad spring is here!