Welcome, Spring!

Oh, finally! After a ridiculous amount of rain this month, we are finally seeing some sunny days this week. The kids and I have been taking full advantage of the weather and have been outside nearly every possible moment.

Monday afternoon we took a picnic to the park, Tuesday we spent a wonderful day in Dr. & Mrs. Barrie's garden (where I took no pictures, but hopefully we'll have an opportunity to go back soon and see the baby chicks once they've hatched - I'll be sure to capture that), and Wednesday we played all afternoon in the backyard.

Showing Mia how to climb the slide


Hanging out in his "house"


Monkey boy


Running from Mommy and her camera


Slide ... and lots of pent up energy


Happy to be outside!


Determination (I have a feeling we'll be seeing that look a lot)


Want to play ball? (apparently it's a very serious sport)


Just kidding!


Hello in there!


Mommy, want to taste some bark chips?


Hooray for sunshine!

Is Spring here to stay?

Let's hope so because Luke is fully enjoying these outdoor afternoon treats!

We've had such a long, wet winter - I think we're all ready for ice cream, popsicles, and some consistent sunshine!

Oh, and yes, that is Luke sitting in the Bumbo chair that we have out for Mia. He likes to (re)try all of the baby gear out.

Sequoia National Forest

While Grandma and Grandpa visited this week, we took a short trip to Sequoia National Forest. It was fun for everyone, especially Luke. He LOVED being outside and hiking along the trails. He seemed most fascinated with trees that had fallen down (?). On the first day, we hiked to General Sherman. This was not the easiest of hikes for a 2 year old, but he did the whole hike almost entirely by himself (riding only on Daddy's shoulders for a few minutes!). The people on the trail with us were amazed that he was able to do this.

The next day we did some driving around the park and then also hiked to the General Grant. Again, Luke loved being outside and checking out all the plant and animal life along the way.