Do you have allergies?

Every time someone has sneezed over the weekend, Elinore asks "do you have allergies?"

Clearly she's learned about allergy season somewhere and is concerned about others and their allergies now.

It's cute.

Outside

Ruth loves to play outside; since the weather turned, she's always wanting to go outside.  She'll walk one of us to the door pulling on our fingers and try to open the door herself so she can go outside.  We try to get outside in the evenings, but when the weather isn't our friend, she doesn't seem to understand!  It may be raining like crazy, and she still want to go out; she doesn't care if it's cold, she still wants to go out.  So on those nights we stay in she'll walk us to the door a few times a piece that evening trying to get us to go outside.  She screams and cries when the answers no!  She's a persistent gal!

Spring

Each year as the snow melts I find myself being a little sad.  I'm certainly glad for sping, but I'm not as fond of the wet and slushy season before the green of spring begins to arrive.  It's March and there is still quite a bit of snow on the ground, but as it warms this week, it is starting to melt.  I'm thrilled for spring, but I'm a bit saddened to see teh snow go.  The snow is quite beautiful.  And it signals another season has passed and life is moving on.  I'm grateful that time is passing on, but sadden at how it seeems to fly so quickly.