Spring is here!

This week has been wonderful, warm, sunny, occasionally windy; but manageable. Dar and I have spent every day outside, for at least several hours. Usually walking for our errands instead of using the van. This morning we had a pretty intense rain storm and I was resolved to have a good day inside, since I had a bunch to do. But the sun made an appearance after lunch and Dar and I headed out for a few errands. Dar rode his bike, almost the whole way, and that is tremedously saying something for him. He was tuckered out enough that he refused to avoid a nap at 5:10 this evening. At least he will sleep in for Louis tomorrow morning! :) The only downfall of this whole week, was that Louis wasn't home during the daylight to spend time with us in the sunshine. All I wanted to do, was take a blanket and the whole family and just lay around and play in the evening warmth and breeze. Maybe tomorrow will be obliging and give him a chance to savor this taste of Spring. So now the question is...will it last?? I hope so, I think so.

Call Signs

It's official...We, as a family, have call signs...again! When we moved out here Dar was into Spiderman and his amazing friends. Louis was Iceman, I was Firestar, and Dar was of course Spiderman. When we got here and they certainly didn't have the channel which received this cartoon we reset to Mom, Dad, and Dar in our titles. Since then his most consistent favorite show has been transformers, and the occasional dabble with Star Wars the Clone Wars. We are now all transformers. Louis is Optimus Prime, the leader, I am Ratchett, the 'medical officer' aka...the one who fixes everything, and Dar is Bumblebee. He calls us by our call signs as much as if not more frequently than Mom and Dad. Occassionally, maybe once a week, when Clone Wars actually airs over here, I am Asoka, Dar is Anikin, and Louis is Capt Rex. But Most constantly we are transformers. Right now, Spiderman is on TV and Dar wanted to put his halloween costume on. Louis tried to call him Spiderman when Dar brought him a book, but he said 'no, it's Bumblebee'. So he is Bumblebee, even when in Spiderman now. Ah the wonderful imaginations of a 3 1/2 yr old. He keeps us all young and smiling.

My Laundry Gnome

You know how everyone always claims that they have a laundry gnome who steals the odd socks and makes colors blend, etc, etc...? Well, I haven't had the misfortune of ever being able to claim one visiting me...until today. And Louis was quick enough on the draw with our camera to catch the little sneaker on film! :)

...At least I can still claim that nothing has ever gone missing! His cloths didn't...they just had to go into the washer with the rest of his stuff. My little boy isn't quit so little anymore. I continue to marvel at his progress.