The weather has been warming up this week and I was finally able to get the kids outside today. After school, lunch, and naps, Lex usually just wants to play in the living room. Today I mentioned sidewalk chalk and he was running for his jacket! By the time we got out there the sun was going down and it was getting chilly again, but we all had fun anyway. I’m sooo ready for warm weather! C’mon Spring!

One of our favorite games is called "chalk races." Lex draws start and finish lines on the road and we have running/hoping/skipping/jumping races. Fun for all!

I was hoping this activity would lose some appeal this year, but nope, they were thrilled to be right back at it. Eve even dropped a piece of chalk down there. Oops!

Eve loves our neighbor's tree.

As I’m sure you recall, last year I performed abdominal surgery on Lex’s doggie. He was a champ and recovered well, despite my sewing skills. Yesterday I had to do surgery on Eve’s poor doggie. She bit a hole right through its nose! These kids are tough on their dogs! She was very sad to discover the hole, but they were thrilled that it meant mommy got out the sewing box again. Doggie’s nose looks a little odd now, but the hole is repaired and doggie will live to see another day, and be bitten many more times, despite my best efforts to thwart that odd habit!