A Spring Week in Photos

We're roaring through spring like crazy here, and all the outdoors-y bliss that comes with is being fully enjoyed. The sunshine is bliss, after a very rainy winter and early spring.

The kids are wrapping up school subjects one by one, which is SO fun. I'm loving watching their sense of accomplishment swell as they realize they're almost done with subjects they've worked on all year. They're going to finish two subjects this coming week... geography, and perceptual growth, and as a result they're anxious to get started on next week, which is rather cute.

My week in pictures:


Am I the only crazy person who loves peanut butter on my pancakes? Frank certainly thinks so, and the look of horror and disgust on his face every time I dress my pancakes is so predictably cute, I often have two or more pancakes so I can see it again.
Every time I open my silverware drawer I'm met with my cheerful turquoise and red holds-bags-shutters bin that just makes me happy... yes, "holds-bags-shutters" is the technical term for those thingies.
I have one clearly insane child who likes her peas frozen, which requires me heating up her lunch, and then putting frozen peas on her plate afterward. Is this not very weird?

Resurrection cookies from here. Which were SO fun to make with my kids, and so very delicious. I think we might have to make them every couple of months, just for a good recap, and good eatin'.

I made them kind of biggish, because you have to plan out your cookie sheet if you only have one oven... as they're in the oven all night long, you can't be having more than one cookie sheet. Next time I'm going to make a bunch of them more smallish.

Things are bursting forth into life in the yard. The Balsamroot is blooming around town, the hills are delightfully verdant, and the skies are blue blue blue. All this makes me so happy, and all of my plants made it through winter, which causes me to sigh with relief... I never expect them to make it through winter. They've all got at least an inch of green poking out of the ground now, so hooray!

Today I got a path drawn for me to follow, and at the end of it was a sweet note from Kiki. :-)

I love the summer wheels on Frank's car. It's much prettier with those rims, and when he leaves it home for the day, I look out the window at it, and resist the urge to climb in the cockpit and drive it as fast I can. It's so pretty and I do love me a fast, pretty car.

And, before this post gets any weirder, I'm going to end with a photo of my zebra grass, which is, by far, my favorite plant in my yard. It went from NO green poking out at all on Sunday to this much green today, and before we know it, it will be full and gorgeous and stripey and tall and rustle as the wind blows through it. I love it.

Have a wonderful weekend!!!