Winter? Spring?

Our last big snow fall for this season? We ended our cold snap with another decent snow fall. But the temperatures kept rising after the snow fall and so the thaw was happening quite fast. 

The first picture was taken on Feb 20, 5 days later the snow and ice on the deck had thawed enough that we were able to shovel it all off. It felt spring like enough that we even barbequed burgers for lunch. 

Thankfully during the cold snap, while the ground is still good and frozen, we were able to get this wood chipper and start working on clearing the trees around the lagoon. It has been a very useful tool for Jared and we now have cleared access all around the lagoon so that we can start clearing the berm and replacing the fence this year. 

I've had a bit more energy and motivation the last few weeks which has allowed me to do some organizing and little projects that have been on my list. The toy buckets got labels with pictures so Hazel could help clean up better. 

I went through and reorganized the girls clothes. Now all of Hazel's clothes are in these drawers. She has been picking her own outfits and getting dressed on her own these days so her being able to find her own clothes easier was important. 

Finally got to putting a fogged film on the window and taking the curtain down, I think I had that idea for a least a month before I got around to ordering it....

Nova had a "surprise" litter of puppies. She had run away for a few days early December and I noticed she was pregnant about a week before these 8 puppies showed up. They are about two weeks old in this picture. 

Someone watched her older sister use this chair to wash her hands... Jade was up on the chair before Hazel had even gone back to playing!

We have all been enjoying the longer days and warm sunshine on the deck. 

While cleaning up the deck and getting outside again I was reminded that the water table we had didn't work super well for us as I couldn't easily move it from the deck to the grass. So while I was thinking about it I checked market place and someone still had one listed from the fall. 

The girls had lots of fun with the new table as I swept the deck and sorted and cleaned the toys.

Also found a free toy car on the way home! Looking forward to using our outside play area more and more as the weather warms up. But also expecting it to get cold again before the real spring shows up.