Sophia and I took a walk around the yard looking for spring flowers this morning. The daffodils are still blooming, but we saw two new varieties we hadn’t seen before. Here is one of them.
White Daffodil
The bleeding heart already has flowers and it is only the beginning of May.
Bleeding Heart
The violets are still blooming.
Violets
Sophia decided to pick a bouquet.
Handful Of Violets
The wild strawberries just started blooming…in the lawn…much to Michael’s disdain.
Wild Strawberries
And the cherry blossoms are still beautiful. We even caught a bee doing his work.
The weather was less than fabulous this past weekend – windy and cooler with off and on sprinkles. We were all wiped out from traveling last weekend and a busy work/school week. It was nice to stay home, get a few projects and some cleaning done and just hang out. Since outdoor play was less than favorable, we decided to set up Sophia’s tent in the living room. The kids plugged in their portable DVD player, grabbed some snacks and camped out in the living on Saturday afternoon.
Indoor Camping
Camped Out
Pets Allowed
Exhausted
Sophia and I did sneak outside between wind gusts and sprinkles to pick some spring flowers.
Violets
Daffodil Bouquet
We decided to go to the movies on Sunday and see How To Train Your Dragon. We all enjoyed the movie…and the buttery popcorn. Despite the windy weather in the afternoon, the boys headed out to the baseball field to practice pitching and batting. At home, Sophia convinced me to do some baking with her. A friend from work had passed along her child’s Easy Bake Oven. We made two batches of cookies. Sophia ate one batch and Sebastian ate the other. Mike was disappointed that there weren’t any left for him. I had to explain that each batch makes only ONE cookie. Not only does the oven only bake one cookie at a time, they take FOREVER! At least that’s what it seemed like when Sophia was waiting for her cookie to finish baking.
Cooling Off
White & Chocolate Cookie
Chocolate & White Cookie
After cookies, we went out to take a few pictures of the cherry blossoms. A pleasant way to finish the weekend.
We have been patiently waiting to see the daffodils bloom this spring. We planted the bulbs last fall. I had heard somewhere that deer, rabbits and squirrels would leave the bulbs and leaves alone. Instead of trying to keep animals away from our gardens, we decided to plant things that they don’t like. So far so good. We didn’t expect to see the lovely yellow blossoms in mid-April, but we are not complaining!
Here’s what we saw at the end of March…
Leaves!
Then we saw this on Sunday…
Flower Bud
And here is what we saw when we got home yesterday…
M. Sullivan Photography 