It's been exceptionally warm and beautiful in our corner of the globe. I keep forgetting it's Spring and not Summer. We have been enjoying the weather in the 70s and 80s and I hear we will be back to the 50s come Monday. Oh well, it was nice while it lasted. Here is a slideshow of our fun outside. These photos were taken on several different days.

Song is "Ordinary Miracle" by Sarah McLachlan

Faster than a speeding bullet.......

It's a bird, it's a plane, it's Superman!

Daniel's 5 month anniversary with us past last week and I missed it. Oops! It's crazy to think that 5 months have flown by. On the other hand it feels like he's been with us forever.

It's amazing how much he has accomplished in 5 short months. When he first came home he could barely climb the stairs. Of course he didn't have many opportunities to do so. He also had a hard time jumping off a very low stool. Nowadays he is scaling the rock walls at the playgrounds. I'm talking vertical climbs. Of course we stand behind him to make sure he has his footing. But he can do it all by himself. Next trick...overcoming kryptonite and the ever so powerful potty training. I have faith. Superman will prevail.

Huh?

Dave and I were talking about Daniel's 3rd birthday. It's not until August. Not sure what brought up the subject. Anyhow, Leah heard and here is how the conversation went.

Leah: Is that when Daniel will be 3?
Mommy: Yes
Leah: Oh good! I can't wait for that.
Mommy: Really? Why? (here I am expecting her to refer to a party or some other reason that may benefit her).
Leah: Because, that's when he will be English.
Mommy: (silence - I had no response to that)

Gotta wonder what goes on in those little minds. If anyone has any input, please feel free to try and figure this one out.

Outdoor Fun

It's been so beautiful out. We've been spending almost every waking hour we can outside. Dave mowed the lawn for the first time this season. He's THRILLED this part of summer is back. So thrilled he's grooming Daniel already.

As you can see. he has a little growing to do. To reach the mower as well as the fit into the ear protecters.

He sure looks cute though!

Leah has been having so much fun picking "flowers" for Mommy. I haven't the heart to tell her that they are all weeds and I'd prefer not to have them in little cups all over the house or in my pockets when we take a walk. So, they sit on my dining room table looking beautiful! Not to mention slowly wilting and becoming spores that I am certain are causing the wonderful sinus headaches I have been dealing with daily. But it's so cute that she admires their beauty. The dandelions that we try to get rid of bring her so much joy. The little things in life we forget as we get older. Here she is with a sprig of forsythia. It sure looks pretty. Ask Dave who tries to kill the stuff every year as it is our neighbor's and they never trim it. Therefore it invades our yard. But, I digress.

Leah and Daniel were such big helpers to Daddy the other night. Here they are playing in the mowed grass.

ANd last but not least two pictures that made me smile. Gotta run now and locate all the dead flowers in my pockets before I do wash :)

Have a great weekend!

My Little Stars!

Leah and Daniel have their photo posted in The Welcome News (the monthly newsletter for PSBI Welcome House - our agency). Take a peek:
http://www.psbi.org/site/PageServer?pagename=WH_Newsletter_HTML_Apr08

A few photos from today

Here are a few photos from playgroup today. Another nice day at the playground. Love this weather!

Warmer weather

Spring is trying to come, but Winter keeps pushing it back. We had a couple beautiful days. Today is back in the 50s. Which isn't too bad I guess. I need it to be at least 70 or it's too cold for me. Thursday and Friday are suppose to be 75! Whoo Hoo! Looking forward to that!

We had a fun weekend. The kids had 2 birthday parties to go to the past weekend. One was a luau. I wish I had my video camera. Daniel was a riot trying to hula hoop. He'd swing the hoop around his hips and then once it fell to the ground he'd start to shake his hips. Delayed reaction.

Leah as one more ballet class to go to. She had a really fun time. She is the oldest one in the class. The rest of the girls are about 3. The teacher spends the majority of the class trying to control the girls. Not much dancing gets done. Lots of rolling around on the floor. Last week one little girl had to go potty. Then the entire class (except Leah) had to go potty. The power of suggestion. The one little girl's Mom had to leave the room. the little girl went to peek out the door to see where she went. The entire class (again except for Leah) followed her to look for her Mom. Makes me happy I didn't spend $$$ sending Leah to a real dance school when she was 3! We'll probably send her in September. At least now I know she likes it and has the attention span.

Well, that's about all for now. Here are some photos from the past few days.

Amazing Family

If you get a chance take a peek at this blog:
http://cfhusband.blogspot.com/
It's written by a man whose wife has cystic fibrosis. She was planning on having a lung transplant last year when they found out they were expecting a baby unexpectedly! After the doctor's warned them that both Mom and baby had less than a 50% chance of survival they went through with the pregnancy. The baby was born at 24 weeks and is doing well at 13 weeks old (she's almost 3 lbs!). The Mom, Tricia just had the lung transplant last week and is doing well so far. Amazing people. Please say a prayer that they continue to do well.

Playground Fun

Today was our playgroup day. We usually meet in Wegman's in the winter. Since it's beginning to be nice we thought it would be good to get the kids out in the fresh air. It was kind of cold this morning. The kids had fun anyway. They're tired of being cooped up inside. I think us Mom's were missing our Wegman's coffee and bagels and sitting in a nice warm room. Hopefully the warmer weather will roll in fast. Here's Daniel and all his girlfriends. We're going to have to find him a boy playgroup soon. Don't think he really cares right now, however, I'm sure he'll be wanting to wrestle and play Spiderman or Power rangers soon :)