Spring here!!!

YES! Spring weather is FINALLY upon us. Boy have we had some crazy days around here. First, we spent most of the weekend outside:

 You can tell this photo was taken April 1st when we still had snow, and a winter jacket was needed... but I took the sensory table out to the porch, and Killian's been able to play in it with his diggers whenever he wants.

 Killian's finally got the hang of a big bike with training wheels. He's SLOW when he walks with me and the dogs, so I make him ride him bike to keep up (and we STILL go slow). During this bike walk, Killian asked me to take him training wheels off!! Yes, my child has his own pace for everything. SO I bought a balance buddy, and we're going to try it this week. Who am I to stand in the way of a two-year old riding a 2-wheeler?

Bubbles came back out this week... he's really into them since he finally knows how to successfully blow them himself.  Oh, notice the hat? For the last 2 summers I've tried getting him to wear a baseball hat. Apparently, all it takes is seeing his dad wear one, because this year he's all about hats. (PS He puts it backwards).

In addition to being outside, I bought his last, and biggest, birthday gift... a jeep! I found a great deal on craigslist, and couldn't' pass it up. Unfortunately, that meant Killian came with him to pick it up. So, I let him ride it for 5 min. and then we put it away in storage. He's desperate for more fun... and I might give him it early in May if he's still bugging me for it.

 

This week, we also saw alot of our grass grow... I think I forgot to mention that we planted grass. Well, we did. And this week Killian got to cut it:

In addition, we let our butterflies go. Killian was very sad, but I did get this great shot of him:

So.. .what else has been new? Well, we had a tornado go through our city on Sunday... terrifying me and keeping Kilian up late. Luckily, there wasn't any damage to our house/property. However, less than a mile away there were roofs ripped out and trees that look like dominoes. I'm VERY grateful that we're ok.

This week we're starting on our garden :) I'll try and post photos as I finish bits and pieces. I hand tilled for an hour today and only got about 5 square feet tilled.... it'll be a long process.