It's in the air.

It's been warmer lately and we are so excited for spring.  The boys have been outside riding their bikes more and they'd rather do that than anything else most days.

Torrin started soccer Tuesday.  It's his first season and we are looking forward to it.  He is one of the smallest/youngest on his team.  So, even though he is pretty quick for his age, he may spend a lot of time trailing along behind the other kids, and that's fine!  It was the same thing with Hayden for his first season.  They group the kids in pre-K/K (in Kindergarten and going into Kindergarten), and then they do 1st/2nd, 3rd/4th, etc.  It's through parks & rec, so I'm sure it's different than AYSO.

One of the kids on Torrin's team is in Hayden's class at school, so I probably could have signed both boys up for the same team, but Hayden decided he wanted to do swimming this spring instead.  He'll start that at the end of the month, so it'll be M/W-swimming, T/Th-Soccer.    I'm starting to see how moms with older kids do so much running around.  Add Cub Scouts at age 8, and music lessons or whatever, and I may never be home once my kids are all school-age.

Last spring I spent a lot of time studying about how to make our lawn thick and green, and how to prune and take care of roses & grapes (we have a ton of them).  I also spent WAY too much time trying to manually thatch the front lawn with a thatching rake (Talk about back breaking work!).  Having limited resources, a baby, and a very busy husband meant I didn't get to spend as much time as I wanted to on the yard.  We didn't get to plant a vegetable garden (probably a good thing because there was just no time), but I was able to plant a few bulbs in the front yard.  I'm looking forward to having more time for yard work this spring; and there is  a LOT of work to do.