Saturday- Kites and the beach

We had some very drastic weather changes this weekend. Yesterday we spent the morning at a kite festival and the afternoon at the beach. The weather was SO perfect and truly felt like spring. Magnolia had fun throwing rocks in the water and building sand castles at the beach. Sure makes us excited for summer!

(*You may be asking yourself... "was it really that nice there?" The answer is YES and I have the sunburn to prove it! :) *)

Sunday- SNOW

Yesterday was so beautiful and springy, so we were very surprised when we woke up to snow this morning! Magnolia got new snow shoes from her grammy and pappa and has been waiting and waiting to use them. Needless to say, she was so excited when she saw the snow and realized she could finally get out there and try them out. Even though it was just a bit of snow, she had a blast and reinforced the fact that this child is a snow bunny! She got the hang of them very quickly and within minutes was running around the yard!

Boston

Magnolia is allowing me to have a post even though there will not be a single picture of her! Here are just a few of my highlights of Boston. I had such a wonderful time visiting my friend Mariah, getting to know her husband, and meeting her adorable dog Gus. We spent a great deal of time exploring and just enjoying the fact that I could be out and about all day and not have to get home to get a little munchkin down for nap! We went to the town of Magnolia, which is an adorable little coast town. We also saw a really cool castle by the town of Magnolia. We saw the Cheers bar and had fresh lobster for dinner. Thank you to Mariah, Ryan and Gus for the amazing hospitality!

Grammy and Pappa

Grammy and Pappa came last week for a fun-filled visit. I am a bit left out when writing this blog because I was not here for most of their visit. My amazing husband surprised me with a trip to Boston to visit a friend. So... I am only reporting the information that I was told. I wonder if there are any stories that everyone seemed to have "forgotten" to tell me... :) Anyway, it sounds like David, Magnolia, Grammy and Pappa were VERY busy. They went to a few parks, the mall, botanical gardens, skiing, and swimming! Thank you so much to David, Bob and Francyne for taking such great care of Magnolia and allowing me to go enjoy Boston!

Cow Thomas

My brother Matt and his family had a new baby calf born this week. Magnolia is one lucky girl because she got to name the calf. Matt left a message on my phone for Magnolia to think up a name and she could name it. So, Magnolia hopped up on my bed and started thinking. I must tell you how seriously she took the whole thing. I should have taken a picture of her sitting there thinking. After a little bit I asked her if she knew what she wanted to name it. She looked up and said "COW THOMAS!" So we made it official by calling Matt back and telling him that he was a proud owner of Cow Thomas. We are hoping to go meet Cow Thomas this summer but for now we just sing some songs about him and look at his pictures.

Lets Go Fly A Kite

Magnolia LOVES LOVES LOVES the movie Mary Poppins. We watched it as a family the other night and we were singing along with the song "Lets Go Fly A Kite." Magnolia decided at that moment that she needed a kite. So, yesterday we went to a kite store in Boulder and let Magnolia pick out the kite that she wanted. She picked out a very beautiful rainbow one. Unfortunately when we got home there was no wind. So, today was the day. We were able to go fly the new kite! Magnolia was all smiles the entire time! I must admit, she had a longer attention span for kite flying than I did!

Let's go fly a kite
Up to the highest height!
Let's go fly a kite and send it soaring
Up through the atmosphere
Up where the air is clear
Oh, let's go fly a kite!

Ring Around The Rosie with pug

Magnolia and Ziggy can now do ring around the rosie without us! Pug even lays down at the end! What good friends they are!