Spring has Sprung!

On this, the first day of April, 2010, my firstborn and I decided to enjoy the beauties of spring.
We frolicked in the grass,

Rode bikes,

Played catch,


Inhaled the scents of new life,

Swung on the swing,

and enjoyed the growing flowers.

He is actually trying to eat the blade of grass, for some reason.
And, as anyone is wont to do on a fine spring morning, we made a snowman.

Dane's upward gaze may be attributed to the fact that his hat is a 6-12 month hat.
Unfortunately for the snowman, Dane was very interested in its nose:

He soon figured out an easier way to enjoy snowman nose:

But then, he kindly returned the nose to its rightful place:

Here's all that was left of the poor nose:


So, I guess it was Mother Nature who pulled the April Fool's Joke on us today. Dane made his attempt, though. At one point, he had a big snowball in his hand and said, "Mommy, I need to hold you," wanting me to hold him. As soon as I had him in my arms, he stuffed the snowball in my face. How did he learn that? I told him to say "APRIL FOOLS!" but he didn't get it.
Here are my attempts at arm's length shots:

I must say, I am jealous of those of you who take beautiful pictures and have children who will pose for you. Dane has never really been very cooperative in that respect.
Here, he's saying "Mommy, stop saying 'cheese'!!"

Please don't judge me for sending my child out in the snow without a coat. He is wearing three shirts and refused to put on any more.

Cheep! Cheep!

Dane and I went to IFA Country Store to visit some baby Easter animals this morning.
We saw tiny chicks:



Ducklings:

Goslings:

And rabbits:



My favorites were the Rhode Island Reds

and the Golden Sex Links (although what's up with that name??)

I was briefly tempted to bring home a pet chick. At only $2.78, how could I resist? But of course there's all the necessary supplies and food so it would survive. And then, provided we were able to take care of it, what do you do with a chicken at your house? Anyway, they were cute.
Dane had fun with all the little animals, but soon he became more interested in the toy trucks in the store:

I guess he's a boy.

Springtime

So, howsabout I actually update my blog?

After leaving everyone in suspense about my job interview, I am pleased to report that I got the job. I will be working ten hours a week, mostly working with kids and running groups. I like groups. They are fun. I will probably start out with a group of domestic violence perpetrators. I’ve never worked with this demographic before, but I am sure it will be interesting. The office is really flexible and is fine with me bringing Dane to meetings and things during the day. So that works out really well. I am excited to get started. I am also stressed. Dane had a fever all weekend, so I took him to the doctor this morning. She said he caught the adenovirus and will likely have a fever for three or four more days. That’s a long time. It’s just hard to be starting a new job and have a sick baby at the same time. But that’s how it is. I’m am grateful that they are flexible with me.

We spent a lot of time this weekend with Kenji. Since the weather was so nice on Saturday, we spent some time playing in the park. Kenji is our local Frisbee expert, so he gave us some pointers on how to not throw like idiots.

Here is a nice action shot of Joel

While we were playing I noticed this boy on the swings by himself. He seemed to really want to play with us, so we invited him to join us. Although he had been watching us quietly, as soon as he joined our group, he started talking smack like crazy. Anytime any of us would even move, he’d say, “You guys are weak,” or “You think you got game, sucka?” He was pretty hilarious. He eventually left to go back home, but he was fun to include in our game for a while.

I also got a nice little photo shoot with Dane.

He is quite the thumb sucker.

This is the only smile I could get out of him. Yes, I took him out with a fever. It was only 99 degrees at the time, and I thought the outdoors might do him good. Maybe I’m a bad mom.

Haha, he’s so cute. I hope he feels better soon.