On Marches Spring

A sign of spring in our yard: many birds flocking to our little apple tree, finding the treats we left for them! All three of the kids will watch from the window --now and again, trying to figure out the name of each bird who visits. Julia will announce occasionally with excitement, as she looks up from our Nature book : "ooooh, that is the black capped chickadee!! " or "No sam, a blue birds' wingspan is too big to fit into our bird house." or some other hilarious thing for a 6, 4, and 2 year old to be discussing. I love these moments, when my children seem to be growing a distinct personality in relation to their siblings and the world... so cute.



opa took some time to build bird homes with J and S last week. :) they are AWESOME. Now one is painted blue, and one is painted red.
Thank you Opa!!!! :) I love when my kids get to spend special time with their Grandparents!! :)



We had a wonderful St. patty's day dinner with friends last week, and this was the dessert i made for the occassion! "Grasshopper Parfaits" which i turned into "Grasshopper trifles" with the addition of some fresh baked chocolate cake. YUM!! :)




Dave and i were blessed with 24 hours to ourselves last week... THANKS to Oma and Opa... it was lovely to be together for a day to just do as we pleased. This is what breakfast looks like at 10 in the morning.... YUM!! Eggs Benedict made by my Love and I!! :) we spent the morning walking to do errands... i mean WALKING, we covered around 7 km probably. It was terrific! 7 km doesn't sound like much, now that i write it down... but it is MUCH farther than we would have gone in 2.5 hours had we the kids in tow!