Snow Interruption

We have had a abnormally beautiful winter. The sun has shone, the temperatures have stayed above average and the snow accumulation below average. It has been bliss. Being that I am over optimistic and just plain don't like winter, I put my winter jacket away. My Lulu hoodie has served me well most of the winter. Of course, just like the rain that will fall when you wash your car, we got a winter storm. Surprisingly, I didn't mind this interruption in our spring like weather. It was nice to cover up the drab dirty landscape that we have been staring at for the past 4 months. Miss Lily had a blast playing in all the fresh snow and helping daddy shovel (wish I had some pictures but Miss Daisy has a runny nose so I attempted to clean the house as she undid everything I accomplished)

picture taken from theweathernetwork.com

On Saturday the girls had their swimming lessons. My little mermaids. I accidentally/on purpose skipped a couple levels for Miss Lily. I couldn't get into the one that I wanted so I signed her up for the next level as it was the same time as Miss Daisy. She goes in the water without us. I never gave much thought to the other ages of the kids as the program is described for ages 3-6. Not only is she the youngest, but she is also the shortest. My heart jumped a little when they walked out into the deeper end of the pool. While the rest of the class are comfortable with their shoulders above the water level, Miss Lily is up to her chin. It does serve well in the fact that it gives her just enough fear and respect that she is very attentive to the instructor and doesn't goof around with the others. The competitive supportive mommy was thrilled when she out swam all her older classmates during one drill. She was the only one that could swim independently (with a pool noodle for support) all the way to the wall. That's my girl :-)




Saturday night we had supper at a friend's place. The girls were well behaved and it was not nearly as stressful as I anticipated. Sometimes my sweet Miss Daisy gets a little grumpy when away from her space close to bed time. But all was well and we got to enjoy a nice grown up visit, a delicious meal (a recipe I will be repeating and maybe sharing with you later), scrumptious dessert (this one I will repeat - but I might keep a secret ;-) and wine!
One of my happiest moments of the weekend, we finally installed the over the range microwave that has been sitting on the kitchen floor for over a month! Oh sweet counter space, I love you!

Random sweet (but blurry) picture from the weekend: