Would you believe it's officially Spring?
This morning we woke up to snow covered everything, and although the picture doesn't show it, it was still snowing lightly. After such nice weather the past week, it was weird to wake up to snow and cold temperatures. Of course it's all relative because those relatives reading this while sitting somewhere in Canada are not empathizing with me. However, those of you reading this while sitting somewhere in Hawaii...well, you're just happier than usual that you're in Hawaii.

I'm had a moment of feeling like Angie today!

I had made dinosaur grilled cheese sandwiches for Blade and while he was eating them, ironically there was a dinosaur program on TV!

Next is another catch up of what has been going on since my last posting.

Friday was Chay's last snowboarding had with the school program. Dave and I didn't give him a choice about doing the program this year and I'm glad we didn't (last year he decided he didn't want to go snowboarding) because he had a lot of fun and is excited about going snowboarding next season with Nicole. I told him that we would have to get them season passes before the season starts so that we can get a great price.

Since the weather was so nice last week and I was home during the day because it was my "call week", Blade and I went to the park a couple of times.

He really enjoyed playing in the sand and after the first trip (when he was able to borrow a shovel for a short time in the sand box), he "had" to have his own sand toys and we searched for the "right" sand toy. The first trip he had seen some kids sitting in the sand/water table and so the second time he had to do the same.

Apparently, Blade likes to pose from small openings...and stick out his tongue.

He also likes to go down slides head first...it kind of scares me but I made sure I was within reach at the bottom if I needed to "save" him. He's the daredevil, if he tries something and falls, runs into something or the execution isn't just right, he'll just get up, dust himself off and say, "I'll get it this time" and try again.

I tried to explain to Blade how a sundial worked and that it was what people used before watches and clocks but, he didn't believe me.

Chay found an inexpensive Nickelodeon Scene It game and it was so refreshing to see the kids playing well together.

(a rare Nicole siting...she is so busy with school, lacrosse, peer court, and friends that I don't get much time with her or pictures.)
However, last week end I did do something with/for her that I never thought I would ever be doing for Nicole. I was making "tutu"s (yes, tutus) for her and 3 of her friends! It was for Spirit Week at school. I still need to get a picture of Nicole in her tutu....

I found a double pack of "Silly Putty" for 79 cents and thought it would be a fun treat for the boys to experience something I played with as a child. And surprisingly, they had alot of fun with it.

I can't explain this next photo, I was not the photographer. It looks like a Chay-Blade operation.

A couple of weeks ago, we knew Blade was sick when he spent the week end just lying on his dog chair and not eating. Dave took him to our pediatrician (who is from Calgary and I've known since my BYU days working at the Student Health Center), and both Blade and Dave were treated for Strept.

It was a rough 10 days for Blade, Dave and me as Blade had to take an antibiotic twice a day. And according to Blade, this one was "yucky". It was a fight everytime except the last day. I started the final count down the day before the last day and so he was happy to be taking the final two doses.

I love my kids when they are sleeping! Ahhhhhhh....

Even in his sleep, Blade wants to be just like Nicole and Chay...

...last curtain call...

This year I have plans of doing what I can (on a limited budget) to make our home more presentable. I have finished the faux painting in the front part of the house AND the scaffolding has been removed, so that's one thing I can given myself credit for.

The next item on my agenda was to removed Nana's curtains that were stapled to Chay's windows and put something functionable up. I had this great idea to do something simple and spray adhesived fabric to some roller blinds.

In theory it sounded like a great idea...

The unfortunate part is that once I put the blinds up, the roller part of the blinds no longer worked. I'm concluding that it is because of the weight of the fabric but I don't know. I'm glad I checked them out before I did the third window. Now I'm wondering how I can use what I have to still make functioning curtains. Anyone with any suggestions? I'm wondering if roman shades will work or if the plastic backing will be too heavy. Thank goodness I got the fabric on sale at IKEA, only $1.99 a yard!

I'm enjoying everyone's blogging and am amazing at the talents and accomplishments of the family. Everyday life is so full of memories and growth that just seem to slip by and when I read the family blogs, it reiterates just how special every day is and how recording our lives for not just ourselves but others, can really bring people together.
So, another goal of mine is to capture "life" on film ( I guess that's old school, I would need to capture it on CDs,DVDs), along with journaling again on a regular basis.

Blade won't go to bed without me so I guess I better get him to bed since it's way past his bedtime and he has school tomorrow.