April Winds and the Plotting Begins

Well April is upon us, and I have been poorly updating the website. Tisk Tisk to myself. On a positive note it is Spring and the sun has been shining more than it has been raining. Not that I mind rain. I'd almost prefer it over the wind at this point. The wind has been a bit brutal and can turn the nicest day into extra layers of clothing and hats. We have been able to play outside a bit even with the windiness. Our garden plots are hoed and ready for planting. This year we even got a nice big plot down at the playground. It gives us an excuse to plant more goodies as well as spend most of the week visiting the sliding boards. With all this wind maybe even fly a kite. Lucian is going to be sad that we won't be able to let him romp through the backyard garden once we start planting. He was becoming accustomed to rolling his ball off the side of the porch, which happens to be right in the middle of the garden. Naturally he climbs right into the garden and takes his good ole time retrieving it. He may even pick a weed or too if he sees me doing it. He's a good little helper.

We took him to two different easter egg hunts this year and I think he did pretty well at both of them. The first one was better because it tailored to his age-group. They had a section just for 1-2 year olds with age appropriate goodies inside. The other one was very early in the morning, had children up to 6 years old and was full of candy. Even though we were able to keep the eggs, he didn't get to enjoy any of the candy inside them. Not quite ready to walk down that road. I don't think we will end up going to that one next year. Too much of a hassle, too cold in the morning at that time, and the fire engine scared him to the point that he almost couldn't focus on getting eggs before the rampaging kindergartners headed in our direction. I don't think it was worth it to have two cold, grumpy children on my hands. ;-)

Current likes: crackers, playing with balls outside, trying to climb up slides, wondering in fields to his hearts content, squeezing juice boxes all over the floor, and ring around the rosie/ hide and seek.

Current Dislikes: not being able to walk when he wants to, having to go into the carseat, having his diaper or clothes changed, and finding broccoli in his food.