Yay Spring!

The weather has turned nice again here the past couple of days. It has been wonderful to be outside with the kids and the dog. A has mastered 2-wheel bicycle riding, and when he's not on the bike, he's tearing around on his scooter. J is content to spend hours at a time on the swing. And the dog has to be the laziest puppy ever. Either that or she's collecting lots and lots of energy to use up later. Oh boy...

There are a few exciting things happening in our neighborhood this spring. Our neighbors on one side are here for their first spring and summer, so they're taking care of the outside of the house that has needed some TLC. They're newlyweds and it's fun to watch them planting flowerbeds together. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that D and I were newlyweds (read: without kids!), doing the same thing here at our house. Our neighbors on the other side are in the process of painting their house. All of the houses here on our part of the street are old homes. They're all sided with wood, and they have slate rooves. Quaint, but lots of work. Anyway. There's an army of grown kids, friends, boyfriends, and family members next door scraping the old paint off the house. They've been at it for several weekends in a row. Last night I was out in the yard with A, and he was looking thoughtfully at the neighbor's house. He very sincerely asked me, "Mom? How long do you think it will take our neighbors to un-paint their house?"