Sunday, March 29, 2009

It is definitely spring!

We were already sitting in our lawn chairs enjoying the company of our neighbors and friends by the playground. We even got our share of sunburns for this year, left our coats and hats inside, and had picnics outside instead of on a blanket in the living room. Nothing seemed important enough that could have kept us inside. We did not care about the piles of laundry, the crumbs on the floor, and the soap scum in the sink. Last Monday the clouds came and spring cleaning caught up with us. On Thursday the weather turned worse. We were on our way to preschool when we got stuck on the icy and snowy road up to Traverse Mountain. It felt like a blizzard out there. For the first time, Jakob had to walk up to preschool and I was very happy that we don't live at Traverse Mountain. An hour later the sun was shining... Yesterday, we enjoyed the great and warm weather at Thanksgiving Point and this morning BBQs and lawn chairs went flying again and we found ourselves in a winter storm once more... I love spring - it gets warmer, the flowers, trees, and birds are waking up from their winter sleep, we cannot wait to get outside, the winter clothes can be washed and stored away for the next winter, and it is Easter time. Even though the occasional snow storms are confusing and not so much fun any more as they were a few months ago, they are part of spring and I am glad they gave me the chance to get my spring cleaning done :)

1 comment:

Amy said...

That is a nice way of looking at all the snow. I tend to have a more pessimistic view about it.