Those kids are sure enjoying their baths lately! Alex has been anti-bath for a while, preferring to take a shower. But, Sara loves baths and would take one every night if she could. So, our little trick lately has been to start a bath and announce it loudly and hope that brother Alex will eventually join in. He does get kinda stinky sometimes! They just love playing with each other and making each other laugh.
I totally have Spring fever and I’m ready to see some Spring growth, but I thought I take a moment to look at the winter garden. It’s a good chance to see how everything is going and how the “garden bones” are stacking up. It’s been ~2.5 years since we put in the new gardens and things are coming along nicely.
All of those smaller shrubs in the new garden area are growing well and are going to fill in the area in the next few years. I’m so happy we did this garden renovation and added on. The lawn is much better and easier to mow, the gardens make sense now, and there is just that intangible feng-shui about it all. It just feels right.
And, of course, there are some really lovely things happening in the garden right now with bright brilliant colors, textures, flowers, patterns, forms and shapes. As beautiful as it is, I’m ready for Spring to be here!
We got Sara ready for preschool one morning and she just looked so pretty and was in such a happy mood, I asked her if I could take her picture on the front steps. On warmer days, we put on our shoes outside on these steps and so it’s part of the normal routine. So, this is why her shoes are undone in the pictures below. It’s a good way for her to sit somewhat still, since the shoes aren’t completely on yet…
She loves the camera lens cap and just had to have a game of peek! What a beautiful little girl!
She actually let me do her hair on this day and it was very particular… Pink pony tail holder and when I suggested a sparkly purple barrette, she said that she needed a black one too! So there you have it! Her hair is getting so long, that I’ve been trying to put it up with something, either a pony tail, pig tails or barrettes just to keep it out of her eyes. Most days I’m successful for about 10 minutes, but this days work stayed around a while!
After we did her hair, I asked if she wanted to come see in the mirror and she either nods yes or actually says “yes”, or both. We looked in the mirror and we say how pretty she looks and she gets the biggest smile on her face! It is really fun to hear her say the word pretty also, she knows what that means and has started saying it in the context of other things now. Her talking is exploding right now!
She loves the dogs' leashes. She knows which one is which and loves taking them for a walk. Well, Bella at least! Rock has about 50-60 lbs on her!
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