Spring Finally Came

A lot of people make fun of our dog. She looks pretty ridiculous in the winter. We make her live outside, so we don't shave her at all and she looks like some kind of hairy black snow creature. When the weather warms up, we have her winter coat shaved and groomed and she looks like she lost 30 lbs. What a great dog she has been. She lets the kids tease and tackle her. Also she just started liking dog toys- though she never has in the last years. The kids have been picking out new toys and playing fetch for hours in the yard with her.
Sam shows off his hair I just put gel in. And the Batman shirt he loves.
Kate's swim suit may look familiar. Like she is wearing the same swim suit she wore last year, and the year before that. She may not grow much, but she is not wearing the same swim suit for the 3rd year running. I just let her pick our her swim suit at the store.... and she again picked out almost the same one.

The kids haul every yard toy into the pool to play with only to realize there is no room for them.
Sam reads himself a book and looks adorable as always.

We've finally been enjoying a few days of warm weather around here.
At least enough to put the garden in, mow the lawn, BBQ once, let the kids play in their pool (though I had to fill it with warm water from the kitchen) and do some digging in the dirt.

It feels like Spring around our house too with all the Spring cleaning.
Less cleaning, more like major home improvements. We finally finished the family room in the basement, then re-carpeted most of the house. That is like moving. Just instead of a new house you unload everything back to the same house. With the addition of the basement, we've had to reorganize the house, so we've been cleaning out all our storage areas and garage. And have really only begun. Thankfully I can send the kids outside to play and get something done.