spring has sprung

It's officially spring here. It's sunny, it's in the 60s, the flies are back, and I saw three birds this morning trying to roost in the artificial flowers on my front door. Yes, it will snow again. But I don't care, I'm declaring it spring. (Eva asks me every day if it's spring yet, and I've been waffling, but no more!)

I dropped Eva off at preschool, and I went to the car wash. I got a deluxe wash, and then I spent about half an hour vacuuming it out. I do love those industrial vacuums. It was the first time I vacuumed out my car since before winter hit, and there were a lot of pine needles, leaves, etc. Not to mention the trash I found under the seats.


After I retrieved Eva, we cleaned the insides of the windows and the dashboard. The combination of being out in the wonderfully springy weather and having a nice clean car was exhilarating! While we were thus engaged, Hannah pulled up to give me a delightful birthday gift:

A loaf of homemade bread that only takes one hour to make from start to finish, the recipe for said bread, darling little miniature cupcake/candy cups, one of her aromatherapy heating/cooling bags, and a very cute "green" shopping bag! My family loved the bread, so that recipe will definitely come in handy.

I did absolutely nothing for St. Patrick's Day (unsurprising to those who know me) except for dressing Eva in green and telling her about the pinching tradition. She seemed highly disturbed by that. At preschool, however, they learned about leprechauns, made rainbow and pot-o-gold drawings, and ate rainbow sherbet. And that's why I pay for preschool, right there, so she can do fun stuff!

I did some laundry, I had a piano lesson, and I spent a long time cleaning up and reorganizing my kitchen. I have two possible spots for my new mixer. I'm trying it in one for now to see how it feels in its new habitat.

I had the windows open, kids were playing outside -- including mine! -- except for Max, who has been down with a fever for two days now. I guess even spring can't keep my kids from getting sick. But my spirits are high, and I'm even thinking about doing some spring cleaning...