Happy Spring!

We've been struggling with the domino head/chest cold around here so this is a little delayed.  The unseasonably warm weather has been a nice way to enjoy the change of season.  We've been able to spend loads of time outside in the past couple of weeks.  Mostly we hang in the back yard.  Emma's favorite is to get in and out of the cozy coupe and occasionally steer her car.  She scouts for birds and dogs and just generally loves being outside- who doesn't?  Ada loves being pushed high on the swing and running around playing "crab"- someone runs around chasing the other clasping hands like crab claws.  Then she will change to another animal (shark, dolphin, turtle, whale) and we will pretend to be that animal and on and on.  It's fun, but tiring if you're not 3.

Thanks to the Trader Joe's 1.49 daffodils, we did a nice little flower arranging work.  After her nap Ada poured the water into the vase and trimmed the stems.  Being Ada, she was curious about the flower and wanted to know what was inside.  It was a natural opportunity to talk about the parts of a flower and we got out the magnifying glass and even compared it to another flower (Christmas cactus).  Fun stuff!

*** I forgot to add this to the original post- I blame the fever***

I wanted to put in a plug for this awesome book.  A dear friend gave us another book by Carin Berger when Ada was born and we fell in love with it immediately.  I have since purchased another by the same author.  The artwork is unique and beautiful.  Forever Friends is an excellent book for spring telling the story of a bunny and a migrating bird reunited after the long lonely winter.  I simply adore this book.  Definitely worth checking out of the library this season!!