Sunny days

The weather in Seattle today is low 50s and rainy, BUT for the past many days, it's been sunny and warm. It's been in the 70s. It's been lovely. Yesterday, in celebration of the sun, I took the kids to a playground in the morning. We were there for quite a while and had a spectacular time.

(As an aside, when I said we were going to the playground, Hannah was very excited. Naomi began to cry, "No, I don't want to go. I want to stay in my HOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMME!" And she kept it up for quite a while. See how much I torture my children? I make them go to PLAYGROUNDS on BEAUTIFUL DAYS! Of course, she then proceeded to have a fabulous time at the playground.)

At one point, Hannah, who is very good at scoping out the crowds, said to me, "I'm going to check on Naomi, and then I'm going to introduce myself to that little girl. She looks like she's about my age."

It turns out that the little girl was Hannah's age, and they had a great time playing together for quite a while before the little girl's mom said it was time to go.

While we're now back to some rain, we have a lot of hope that the next sunny spell isn't too long from now. Everything's blooming and we're working on our vegetable garden, so we're pretty sure spring is here and summer won't be too far behind...we hope!