Spring has popped up for two days to tease us mercilessly, remind us what we have to look forward to. And then it shall disappear, wagging its tongue at us because, really, it's only February. I hear it disappearing right this instant, as the wind gusts at 30 mph, blowing spring back to where it came from.
But oh, how we enjoyed these two days. We spent so much time outside. We trashed some brand new hiking boots. We did a lot of laundry. We splashed. We ran. We walked. We rode. We climbed. We slid. We swung. And we. Are. TIRED.
Buddy is sleeping at my feet right now. He was so tired at lunch yesterday that he went over in the corner of the family room and took a nap, instead of taking up his usual position in the dining room, at the edge of the kitchen, waiting with baited breath for a cheerio to fall on the ground.
Dex has been napping well, and falling asleep quickly at night. Like, falling asleep within an hour. Unheard of. I'm not sure what we're going to do tomorrow to achieve such results. We might have to go swimming.
So, here's seven billion photos of our outside playing, plus a video. Be jealous, silly New Yorkers, of our nice brown grass...
Yep, THAT brown grass. Right back there.
We're not quite to tree climbing yet. But Dex thinks it's quite an accomplishment to duck under branches.
Check me out, Mama! I am under a tree!
Dexter the Dictator says "Buh-HEE, NO!" No, Buddy, you're not allowed to go in that yard...
You're supposed to stay in OUR yard, Buh-HEE
I think this is our first wagon ride since the time I unwisely took Dex down the road to see Santa in December. It was cold. It was windy. Santa never came. And we sent John running home to get the car. Yesterday's wagon ride was much more pleasant.
We ate cookies and boo baa-baas at the picnic table today for snack. Awesome.
We walked three times this week. Which I think might be more than we walked in December and January combined.
Buddy came along, ready to greet every single dog that walked down the road. Which was quite a few. Days like today we notice that hey! We DO have neighbors!
Dex falls down on purpose, hoping Buddy will come get him...
Every morning and every evening we see this - HUGE flock of some terrible invasive kind of bird, flying over our house. The flock is so big it goes from horizon to horizon. It's wild.
The boys check out the sunset. It was a good one.
Laundry. Oxi-Clean. We're friends this week.
Nice work, spring tease. Nicely done.
The yellow light deal is to keep him from running wild after dinner and before bed. It's fairly hysterical to watch.
We're gonna miss you, spring. A lot.
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