Elliott went to her first party today. Her friend Hollis invited her to a spring party. The girls all were dressed as princesses or fairies. They had an indoor picnic - complete with dirt cake!! A great time was had by all.

Chris is working on the house. The front side is almost done! My project will be to paint the stepss

and railings. I'm hoping that tomorrow will be dry so I can pitch in and do my part. Not that I haven't been busy today with cleaning and laundry...

I'm looking out on a snowy lawn this morning. Even though the calendar says spring, it's apparent that winter has not loosened his grip yet. At least we know now that it won't last. They are forecasting a high of 42 degrees today, and I've had the pleasure of eating lunch outside twice this week. AND I got my spring haircut. All good signs of good things to come.

And we need the milder weather, not only for my mental health - but also for the final push on the siding project. We are planning to have it done within the next few weeks. I will post more pictures when it's done - or maybe progress pictures this weekend. It's looking really good and I'm anxious to have it done!

Olivia would like to re-paint her room this spring. We've been looking at paint chips, and she has some grand ideas. She's thinking of a turqouise/aqua kind of color - with purple polka dots. We're still negotiating.

And, if you give a moose a muffin... I'm sure that Elliott will want to jump on that bandwagon, but her room was painted more recently. We may wait another year for her room. It may be a good time to tackle the living room though.

It must be spring - I have ambition!!! I just hope that I still have that ambition after work when it's time to hit the grocery store :)

Have a fabulous Friday!!!

Happy Easter!!!

Being sick stinks. I actually stayed home sick from work on Friday. I think that was the first sick day I've taken since before Elliott was born. Unfortunately I feel even worse today than I did on Friday : (

We did enjoy some nice porch time this morning. We're getting into that brief period of good porch time. There's a lot of melting going on outside, you can hear the water dripping. It's a good and hopeful sign of spring. Now I'm just waiting for the scent of dead skunk.

Olivia is quite the poet, this is the poem she wrote yesterday.

SNOW

It is as white

as glue.

It is very

fluffy,

and it is fun

to play

in.

We all leave

foot prints

in the snow.