I Want to Go Outside!, originally uploaded by cheryl.
All of the boys, but especially Sawyer, have been showing signs of Spring fever. We are tired of the cold and wet and snow and ice. We're tired of the house, and quite frankly, each other a lot of the time. We're ready for sunshine and warm weather. Sawyer will even settle for the appearance of these things, as you see in the photo above. It was maybe 45 degrees that day, and he was prepared to go outside in his sweatpants, t-shirts and red Crocs (with no socks, of course).
Unfortunately, he didn't get his way that afternoon. It was a little on the cold side and a lot on the wet (and therefore muddy) side. Plus we were right in the middle of preparing dinner, so it just didn't happen. Poor kid, he was not happy about that at all. We've made it out a few afternoons, but this just wasn't one of them.
But Spring can officially show up any time now. Connor is impatient for baseball to begin again (the twins, not so much). We all miss walking up to the neighborhood park or just spending afternoons in the back yard. Buster also misses walking, but with two ACL surgeries on his back legs, we don't do those in snow or ice or even rain (sorry, puppy)! We're ready to get back outside.
Here's hoping the warm weather comes back and stays back!