Spring is Really Happening!

Today it is supposed to be 65 degrees and sunny! I love it! Cute little toes are running bare through the grass and pasty white arms are coming out to get their first taste of sun.

I've enjoyed watching the kids notice the changes happening outside this year. For some reason I think we're more aware than we have been in the past.

Last year just as winter set in, some friends of ours, knowing how much Bryn loves birds, made us some birdhouses. Just because. Isn't that the nicest thing in the world? We finally got around to hanging them up a few weeks ago, and were thrilled to discover that at least two of them have occupants! Little chickadees in the one out the dining room window, and a mom and dad sparrow out the kitchen window. Yesterday our sparrows were making their nest. It was so fun to watch.

And today, Bryn hopped out of the car and squealed with delight. I actually thought she'd gotten her fingers crushed in the sliding door. But no, she'd just spotted the first honeybees of the year venturing out to enjoy our hyacinths.