Spring Fever...

The other day I came down with a raging case of Spring Fever!

It was about 42 degrees for the high but it felt like 60.

All the kids were out playing. Coats tossed aside. Even shoes for some of the really brave ones! I was out in back with the kids & the neighbors kids were over. Crew thought he had died & gone to heaven. This poor boy cries every time the door opens and he is held back like a yapping puppy trying to get out! 

As I stood out there I could feel the sun on my arms and face. All the snow was melted. I could see the brown dead grass, the decayed brown leaves piled up in corners, dirt and sand building up in the gutters-oh wait, that one was from the boys who had just taken a snow shovel and shoveled dirt out of the garden into the nearby gutter! SERIOUSLY!!! Already?????

Then it began...I of course was instantly upset by this. They know better, don't they? Here it is, only the middle of February and we already have all the boys in the mud-at my house! Always MY house! I thought I had solved this problem by laying down all my beautiful brick and covering up all the mud I despised SO much. I thought leaving a small area for gardening would be okay, that I could keep control over this little bit of earth. My boys once again have proved me wrong. Very wrong. Why do I always underestimate them? :) 

After demanding that they clean up the mess, I started to get the itch. That spring cleaning itch. That must start working on the yard itch. I couldn't ignore it anymore. I scratched it! I collected all those dead leaves, swept the driveway, picked up garbage & dog poop that mysteriously ends up in our yard. I was ready to dawn my gardening gloves and get down & dirty! 

At about the same time the sun started to set, the temp. started to drop, the boys were coughing their lungs out, Crew was off into the neighbors garage, and it was dinnertime. 

I knew my glimpse of Spring was over. We cleaned up and headed in for the night. 

All could think about were the flowers I wanted to plant, the bulbs that still needed to be planted, the snap dragons, all my beautiful roses. I love so much to be out in my yard working. Sun up to sundown you can usually find me out there. And I so miss it!  That was when I knew I had been hit with SPRING FEVER!!!!

Landen turns the big 4....

Landen's Birthday was January 28th. I am little late posting this but our family has been dealing with a lot the past few days. So, on Landen's actual Birthday he came down with the flu or something. Had a fever & throwing up. Just felt yuck. So we postponed any celebrating until the following day. I was also taking him into the doctor the next morning for his 4 yr. check up. During this check up we found out he has strep & was dehydrated. And the worst part-he had to get a few immunizations. He was very scared of this part & started crying a bit. Ever since they tried to take blood at the office one time & failed miserably-he has had this fear of shots & needles. He felt tired & sick the rest of the day but that afternoon after Cody got home from school "they" decided "they" were ready for cake & presents. Cody seemed to think this was his Birthday as much as it was Landen's. I felt really bad that Matt was not there but who knows when he will ever be home. I am glad we didn't wait that night since it was 9:30 before he made it home. I made Landen a Transformers cake. It was nothing great but it was cake & that is all Landen cared about! lol If any of you know Landen then you know what I am talking about! Then we opened presents. Matt & I had gave him Lego's. G&G Southwick gave him books & money, G&G Taysom gave him a remote control car, G&G Simcox gave him a giant construction floor puzzle. The other part of his Birthday was to go bowling & have lunch as a family on Saturday. We started at none other then JCW's. He seemed pretty good the whole time. Then by the time we left you could see he was not feeling well, didn't get to far before he barfed in the car! Well, this little guy was still too sick for celebrating! So bowling next weekend!!!! This Birthday just doesn't end! Can anything get better than that! I submit that it cannot!