Is Spring on it's Way?

This has been a hefty winter for us!  LOTS and LOTS of rain.

And even SNOW!

We kind of like the rain.  And we definitely loved the snow (still hope to make it to a snow park before it all melts away).

All of a sudden, though, we can see signs that winter is giving way to spring.

The days are warmer and longer.

We're enjoying a wee bit of sunshine at the park, and around town. Not to mention the extra outdoor time we're getting around the house.  The boys are having fun just being boys.



Our tulips are peaking out of the garden beds in front of the shop.


And we're talking chicks!  They arrive in the local feed store in February.  So we bes' be building a coop soon!  I've been stalking Pinterest for coop ideas.  My problem is that I like too many of them!!! Pinterest can be so cruel!

The boys haven't been so gung ho about feeding the animals lately (can't really blame them...its super cold, but the animals gotta be fed!), so in order to earn the chicks, the boys have to complete the 'Chicks!! Chart' below by recording their name in a space for each time they help feed. When they complete the chart, we can head to the feed store for some baby chickens!


Rowan decided to make the barn on the chart a Haunted Barn.  The horse and chicks are vampires (note the teeth)....


~Sarah