Spring has sprung, all right

This is what it looks like around here these days. Everything is lush, green, and bursting forth. I love spring best because of the color and the promise of renewal. 

Cheeky Beaky has been enjoying the phlox, though I had to reset him this morning after our big winds had blown him over into the flowers beak first. Carrie said he looked like he would be sneezing next, so I thought about setting him in the chair like he'd sneezed them both backwards. In the end I just righted him again. We'll see how long it lasts.

The yard is covered with dandelions to my great delight and Dada's immense consternation. My only regret is that the winds blew so many of their seeds away before I got to kick them...

The road we always travel...

These were taken a week apart. We've had two days of high winds and have lost a lot of leaves and pine needles. So far nobody has blown to Yakima, but...

Halloween Thursday

Must rest up for all the Halloween shenanigans...

Trick or Treat was cancelled on actual Halloween because of the 50 mph winds we were having. The only damage I saw was to one of the neighbor's trees out back:
 

 

Damon started swim lessons on Halloween. I signed him up for the first class that didn't involve me having to get in with him. The being in the water part is not a big deal. The chasing a naked, wet 3-year-old around the slippery locker room while I myself am trying to shower/dry/change would be the part I object to!  He'll have about 6 lessons on Thursday mornings, and the big kids will start their evening ones this week. We will be at the Y a lot this fall!  And yes, he loved it.