Mr. Sun, Sun, Mr. Golden Sun...

This wet weather's got me down! And all four of us have had some degree of a cold for about a week now, and we seem to just continue to pass it around to one another. Needless to say, there's not been much going on here. Rosie's nose is running pretty green, so I don't want to take her out anywhere. And my allergies and sinuses are off-the-charts irritated, so going outside doesn't sound too fun to me anyway. But my thoughts are finding their way back to the warmer, prettier days of Spring Break last week! So my recap continues...

On our Spring Break Wednesday, J was...you guessed it...busy with his motorcycle. On his ride the day before he'd incurred a little bit of tire damage, so he took it in to get repaired on Wednesday. What was supposed to take an hour ended up taking most of the day, naturally. (You can always count on a dealership to take much longer than they quote you!)



The girls and I headed outside to enjoy the beautiful day. (Lordy, please do forgive the current state of my yard. Just keepin' it real here...no photo editing touch-ups! I'm happy to report that I have a brand-new gardening tool to use to pull those unsightly weeds, which I fully intend to do once this lingering cold of mine goes away. I really do love to pull weeds, even though you probably don't believe me! Gardening gadgets make me giddy, too. It's just finding the time and allowing myself the pleasure of doing it.)

M has a newfound hobby...picking "flowers" out of our ill-kept yard! I don't have the heart to tell her they're really weeds. I even let her bring them inside and I put them into little bud vases for her to "decorate" with.

One day my allergies will suffer enough and then I'll put a stop to this new practice. :0) It just reminds me of when I used to bring little bundles of those tiny purple flower-weeds inside for my mother, and she'd let me put them in water too.



Rose started out in her umbrella stroller, which I knew deep down wouldn't last long. I knew she'd want out as soon as she figured out she was getting the short end of the stick being confined in it!

She chose her tiny pink tennis shoes to wear that day, and she spent most of her time "walking" around and around our little stool.

Sometimes she'd crawl around on the driveway, too. I was surprised that it wasn't too uncomfortable on her knees! But she didn't seem to mind. What really bugged me was the Bradford Pear debris all over the driveway that she was collecting on her pants! We had a major mess in our garage entryway when we want back in. Can you say v-a-c-u-u-m?!

Here's Rosie, mocking that umbrella stroller her silly mama tried to make her stay confined in. She's showing it who's boss!

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What I think is really funny about this photo is the sticker on the right handle of the stroller--it says something like: "Warning--never leave child unattended."

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No kidding. Said child will take it over completely!