See Ya For Another Year!

I am talking about the month of March and the first two weeks of April. I have never been so thankful for a month to be done as I was with March. I don't know - that month just did me in. It's hard to be upbeat each and every day, especially if Winter is not your most favourite time of year (and when I speak of Winter, I am not thinking of Winter near the equator......).

But March is long gone (yes, it's taken me this long to even want to think back to that month to write about it), and April is soon to follow.

Despite what I found to be tough days, we still were blessed with snippets of joy, love and good times as a family. No matter how much I may be struggling with my moods, thanks to the dreary weather, when God helps me to open my ears and eyes to the sights and sounds around me, mostly from my children, I am left with a heart that surges with emotion - the good kind.

Like this picture. I had put a picture of the two of them in each of their rooms, up high. The next time I came into her room, Keziah had relocated her picture...."So I can see it every night before I go to sleep." Sob!!!!

That sibling love even carries into the classroom. Another picture that just melts me. The younger brother allowing his big sister to place her protective arm casually around him, to let him know, "Don't worry, I got this."

Together they feed each other's imaginations, which results in some of the most interesting contraptions, like this "tractor":

 

Do they fight? Certainly. They are siblings after all. However, the fighting is few and far between, with them both ending up on the couch on either end for a time-out, which guarantees giggles in a matter of 43 seconds.

The beginning of April was not too different than March, however last week we were treated to some absolutely beautiful weather, and so these two spent hours and hours outside together, wrestling like cubs, playing hide and seek, and enjoying the sandbox:

 

 

 

 

 

 

Now that it has been rainy and cool again, we are keeping busy inside to keep the grumpies away, by doing crafts and enjoying new clothes for her doll. Oh, and a trip to the library certainly helps as well!!

 

We know that April Showers brings May Flowers, so we shall keep our heads up and deal with it day by day. The difference the grass is amazing! A week ago it was brown. It is now a beautiful green!

What a blessing it is to see things come alive around us - praising God for continuing to care for His creation.

Marching on in March

Nathan's gone for the next 5 days, so to combat my loneliness, I shall play catch-up on my blog. It certainly has been lacking in pictures, thoughts and whatever else I used to fill this space with! I was looking back at pictures while I did the kids' photo albums, and man there's a lot of pictures that never made it here. Really, it's not *that* big of a deal but there are some I still like to share, even if they were taken almost 3 months ago! Actually, I have pictures of taking the kids to the zoo from last summer that never made it here!

I shall start though with the most recent - pictures from the first half of March. That's right, March is halfway over! Camping is booked, the snow is melting, the kids have been enjoying some much needed Vitamin D and fresh air. And in between all that, we are busy with the following:

Playing together:

Having fun acting like farm animals:

 

Cleaning a ceiling fan. Don't judge. Just be thankful with us that we never choked on a dust bunny while we slept......

 

Snuggling with mom way past bedtime, trying to convince her that someone is growing out of naps:

Baking bread:

 

Playing cars wif daddy:

Skating with cousins......which was fun, but playing on the nearby snow bank was way more fun!!

Riding bikes:

Snuggling with dear ones:

Watching TV, sitting like they are attached at the side (which they really are....these two are so close). Love them so incredibly much.

And lastly, still busy trying to convince mom that someone doesn't need afternoon naps anymore.....'cause this sure won't convince her! It'll melt her, but not convince her!

Drip!

Do you hear it?! Do you hear it?!?! It is a sound we have not heard since, well, last March!! It is a sound that is so welcomed, with arms wide-opened.

That sound my friends, is the sound of snow melting. Of it dripping.

When I first heard it, I thought the sound was coming from our noses as we have been dealing with something nasty melting in our nasal cavity (just what you wanted to read......gross!!). But then, as our noses went from dripping to streaming, I *still* heard the sound of drip, drip, drip. And that is when I discovered it was coming from outside. I went out to explore, and wouldn't you know. Not only am I hearing a sound I haven't heard in almost a year, I saw something I haven't seen in a long time either!! Thank you, Septic Bed!

Ah, the signs of Spring. Always so embraced, especially after a month of where the average temperature was -22. The last few days we have been on the other side of 0 - the positive side!! So exciting!

But there is still a lot of snow out there to melt, which is great. Now that the temperatures are at a place where I can send the kids out to play and know that they won't lose a finger or nose tip due to the frigid air, they have been enjoying some time outdoors.

So as you can see, the snow has a ways to go before it is all gone. It actually has 2.5 weeks to disappear, as we have friends coming from Out West (where they have been cutting the grass already!!) and they will be staying in our trailer for two weeks.

Speaking of our trailer - two camping trips are booked already! Yahoo!!!!