fifteen.

week fifteen of fifty-two.

Making lemonade out of windy days and delayed spring weather:

Our back yard has little-to-no shade

but lots and lots of wind

so really, the lack of trees and the excess wind are really perfect

when you are learning how to navigate a kite!

thirteen.

week thirteen of fifty-two.

Tapping Maple Syrup for Easter Breakfast 

with Grandpa Bill

"We want to go outside!" -Amelia

As this evening's forecast calls for freezing temperatures, the girls {and I} politely request the return of summery sunshine so they can play outside! Today we survived about four minutes on the deck before Amelia declared it, "Too vindy, mom. Too vindy."

In other news, Ingrid is officially crawling. For the past two months, she has waffled between army-crawling and 'actual' crawling but today we noticed that she has given up the 'scooting along on her stomach' version.