Is This Spring?

The weather seems to finally be normalizing. The sun has been shining. The dandelions are peeking out. The trees are, finally, budding. I'm so ecstatic to see green everywhere. We are starting to prepare our gardens. Joe cleaned out a lot of our containers yesterday in preparation. Lucian planted some seeds. We checked out the condition of one of our garden plots the other day. I am really excited to start planting soon. We tried to start some plants inside this year. The delay in weather killed most of them. But I'm hoping we can save a few that are still sprouted. I think the lack of sunlight in our house didn't help either. We have all North facing windows, which is pretty much the worst for sunlight.

Lucian's year of first grade at his new school is starting to come to an end. This is, officially, his last month as a first grader. I was glad to see him do well this year. He has made some friends, likes his teacher, and says he likes his school this year (probably due to the first two things). Today as I was driving him to school, he told me he really liked school trips. We recently went to the zoo as a field trip. Even though it was chilly and rainy, everyone seemed to have a good time. It was very rushed, I wish they could have had longer. Unfortunately, all the picnic tables were soaked, and they decided to bus back to the school for lunch. The kids were starving at the point, since they usually eat a lot earlier in the day. We joined the kids for lunch in their classroom. It was nice. Apollo had fun too. I think he wants to go to school with Lucian. He must miss him during the day.

Apollo is currently watering the grass in the yard. The kid loves water. We were going to go to the park today and get some energy out, but when we stopped home he took one look at the water table they filled yesterday and decided that was a better choice. It started with the water table and escalated to the hose. Now everything is getting a spray down. Including Burnie, who was standing in the wrong place at the wrong time. Though he moved, I know he doesn't mind it too much. At least he watered my lemon balm!

So what are the boys into now? Well, Lucian still loves watching videos on youtube kids. He learns about different video games that he plays. He is into the game Roblox right now. It's a game similar to minecraft where you take your character into different games. It's funny seeing him play a game where a bunch of players are doing everyday things. Some examples are: riding an elevator, plowing snow, running a pizza shop, or going to high school. There are some weird ones too and also some violent ones. He also still really enjoys playing minecraft and building levels in super mario maker. We have been playing a lot more board games lately too. Outside of the house, we have been going to the park after school on nicer days. It helps keep his mind off electronics. Plus, we could all use fresh air. As for sports, this spring he is currently playing soccer. He is enjoying it, and he is pretty decent. I like to watch all of his practices because I work during his games. I'm sad to miss them, but I'm glad Joe and Apollo go root him on. This summer he is going to be super busy. We have him joined into many events. Such as soccer camp, reading group, inventor camp, and possibly swim lessons. Invention camp seems fun, they are supposed to be making a robot and studying robotics. His school has a robotics club, so maybe this will get him more interested in joining something like that.

Apollo looooooooves Paw Patrol. He picked the video off the shelf to watch not too long ago and has loved it ever since. Within the last few weeks, he has found the paw patrol toys that have been hiding out among the toys. Now we play paw patrol every day. We also watch a lot of paw patrol. I did reintroduce him to Little Einsteins the other day to mix it up. He seemed to like it. We have also been playing a lot of trains, coloring, and play dough. We've been slowly making out way through the costco sized play dough bag I bought. Joe thought I was nuts, but now he thinks it was brilliant. Because it was ;-)

Now I'm going to hang out with Apollo as he watched Paw Patrol and eats his frozen sesame bagel (it's his thing lately, I don't know). I'll try to post again soon.