After spending most of spring break fighting a truly rotten cold (which actually sent him home an hour early from school on the Friday before spring break), I was curious as to how Thumper would react to being woken up early for school on Monday. Turns out that there was no need for concern, as […]

This is how it looks in Grandma and Gichan’s backyard right now… The cherry blossoms are out. The apple blossoms are budding and blooming. And there is a little boy in shorts and sandals on a swing. And I picked several stalks of rhubarb in their yard yesterday and turned it into a crisp. It’s […]

We are having 80 degree weather.  In early APRIL.  However, it’s been such a wet wet wet fall and winter that this sudden burst of warmth is very welcome and lots of fun. However, everything is quite green and growing, so no sprinklers are needed.  Which is too bad, because Tad and Thumper are dying […]

Not Thumper! With the weather we are having around here (we’re going to hit the 70’s again by the end of the week!), pants have become optional, apparently.  But shoes – or boots – are still required. Summer is going to be lots of fun with this one!  I might have to seriously commit to […]