Spring is Here (I think!)

Today is a beautiful spring day, a much anticipated day after what happened last week Friday:

Last week Thursday and into Friday, we received quite a bit of freezing rain. Although it looked very pretty, it did some damage as lots of tree limbs were lying about on Friday. And with those tree limbs? Hydro wires. That meant many people did not have power for parts or all of the day on Friday. My dear sister was out of power all day Friday and Saturday. That is tough when that means no water, either!

We are so thankful that all our loved ones were kept safe. And we shall not take for granted light and water for awhile again!!

And so, with the sun shining today and it being around 15 degrees, I think we can officially say that Spring is here and is hopefully here to stay now.

But before you go and think that it's been nothing but winter since October, we did have a day here or there in March where it was nice and spring-like. On one of those days, we decided to head to the Farmer's Market with the kids. I am not a huge fan of crowds and so I prefer to enjoy the market now rather than in the summer with everyone else that lives or visits Ontario.

It was an exciting trip right off the bat for Lincoln, as this was the first time we turned his car seat around. Once he got over the shock of how quickly things went by him, he quite liked it.

Well, it looks like lots of people were eager to get out of the house on that first nice Saturday since last fall!

These horses were used to pull a wagon loaded with visitors to tour the area:

We were disappointed that we didn't see any farm animals as there wasn't an auction that day, but this made Keziah's day: feeding a little dog! She is one brave girl. You wouldn't find me doing that (I know, I'm a chicken).

In large crowds, both of our kids get easily overwhelmed. It makes for a very calm outing with them as neither one of them makes a sound as they take in all the goings on around them.

Knowing that dad and mom are nearby sure helps us to feel safe!

Across the road from the market is Legoland!! So we strolled on to see what that was all about.

It was fun!!! Well, once we got passed the dinosaur!

Can you just imagine what she is thinking? "Oh, how I wish for this!!"

It was even fun for dad!

It was an enjoyable outing as a family. Now that Lincoln is getting a bit older, he can miss a nap here and there, only needing one nap. That makes us look forward to lots of family outings this summer!!