It feels a bit like time is standing still. The same thing just about everyday...us indoors waiting on spring. I wish I could say that I'm just thrilled to death with endless spring cleaning for a spring that doesn't come, and that I'm just full of creative things for my littles to do - but I'm not. I couple of trips to the dollar tree have helped...lots of coloring books and bead kits and watercolors - but I just want to shout it out "
SPRING...Where the Heck are you?!!!"
So, we wait...and we thread beads (great fine motor skill therapy right here at home)...and we bake...and we clean...and we read and do puzzles - and then out of nowhere...
A glimpse
And so with the glimpse i plow full speed ahead...I pack of up the boots and the coats, head down to Lowes for some potted plants...
I hang some beautifuls in the trees and let the kids play barefoot once again. I shuffle through my coupons and find some great deals for Popsicles....I jump to summer and leave spring completely behind. I fill up the kiddie pool and let the kids skip rocks in it and wear their bathing suits just for fun. And then...
It snows. Back inside and I rearrange every room in the house. The couch is moved, shelves are moved...I get rid of at least five boxes of "extras" I find. I change Zac and my room around...and change Brady's room - every room.
That's better. I think what I long for the most is just the change - staying inside can feel cozy for a bit, comfortable. But after a bit, I loathe the grayish walls and the wood floors and long for bright blue skies and grass beneath my feet. I crave berries and watermelon and fresh water with lemon...I crave the smell of food on the grill and the scent of the grass after the sprinkler has been on for a bit.
I guess waiting is a good time to grow ....
But I think for me, the growing would be a lot less hindered if the kids were outside playing with dirt and discovering earthworms and blowing bubbles. Yep - I'm absolutely positive.
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