Hello Sunshine!

Wow, there really is sunshine out there today! Spring seems a real possibility. I am really not a winter person. I have a serious lack of energy and a definite need for soaking up heat. Spring brings with it such hope and I'm more inspired to do things. With this kind of weather I'm thinking of the things we want to put out in a yard sale in May, the trips we are hoping to take and getting things organised for day camp. Already local people have been asking when it is and when the forms will be out. Hopefully they'll get their forms in early since we ended up with a short waiting list last year! I'm praying we have enough staff, which all the people involved in running the camps are praying for as well.

Today we walked over to the library to pick up some books and videos. Matthew thoroughly enjoyed splashing in every puddle he could find and since I had put my snowpants on I didn't mind walking along with him! He'd been bugging to get to the library ever since he found out the DVD he wanted was in - "Spiderman: Venom Saga." He is happily watching it right now. His current favourite movies are Spiderman 3 and Transformers. Funny though, when he asks to watch Transformers he only really watches the last twenty minutes or so of it - you know, the exciting end part! He likes the action of the robots and has even dug through the dozens of little cars we have around the house to find cars that match certain Transformers. We didn't have a yellow camaro with black stripes for Bumblebee, so he was happy to have me paint black stripes down a yellow corvette. Adrian was most amused by this last night.

After we got back from the library I took Panda for a little walk to get the mail. She is still hobbling around with her back leg up in the air. Every time it seems to be getting better and she is putting weight on it she gets silly and races all over the place. Then it's back to hobbling. Poor thing. On Wednesday, the boys and I went to visit my Dad and Skylar. It was a beautiful day for driving and we had a great time. The two dogs played and played! Panda ended up being so tired that she had a sleep under the table for a while. Jazz kept trying to get her to play and all Panda would do is lie there and half-heartedly paw at Jazz. She slept all the way home and was pretty tired yesterday. Today she's mostly back to her normal, energetic self.

Finally!

Matthew officially has a gap in his mouth! He is so happy to have finally lost a tooth!

Hard at Work

We got another dumping of snow and here is Nicholas hard at work clearing our driveway. He knows I'm expecting friends to scrapbook this afternoon and thought he'd get out there and get working. Normally when there is this much snow a friend of our neighbour's comes over with his tractor and plows our shared driveway. But we don't know when he'll arrive and it likely won't be until after the ladies have left. Nicholas likes to help out around the house and yard. Hard work doesn't scare him away - he loves the challenge. I did put on my coat and boots and help him after I snapped the photos! The snow was heavy since it's fairly warm today.