Spring is Here! Almost...

Well, things are finally starting to get back to normal around here. The excitement is dying down after the arrival of our newest family member, Elise. Joseph had seemed very indifferent to her until the other day when he mentioned that he doesn't like her and that Daddy, Grandma, and I need to take her back to the hop-sital.


Today was an absolutely gorgeous day. The high was 68 degrees. It was some much-needed warmth! According to John Hauser (a regular customer at the Hawthorne) on Sunday, we were in the middle of a record cold spell. I think it was something like 55 days that hadn't gotten above 50 degrees. Anyway, I took Joseph to the park for about an hour this afternoon. He had an absolute BLAST. It was good to just get some Mommy and Joseph time, too. Washington has an awesome park by the pool. There is a smaller playground for ages 2-5, and a larger one for ages 5 and up. Joseph enjoyed both. I was pretty impressed with his rock-wall climbing skills! That kid is so athletically inclined. He definitely doesn't get it from his mom!

Before we left the park, he begged to swing a little bit. I pushed him as high as I could get him! In the baby swing, of course. We tried him in a regular swing last fall, and he fell backwards onto his head. It was so scary. We won't be trying that again for a while!
On the way home from the park, we stopped at Sonic and got some slushies. I got a strawberry-lemon slushy, and Joseph got a watermelon slushy. It was his first slushy, and he loved it!(3/8/10)