April Showers...

Henry Van Dyke wrote: The first day of spring is one thing, and the first spring day is another. The difference between them is sometimes as great as a month.  

Welcome to the Midwest. We had snow days in March, and spring has taken its sweet time arriving in Illinois. FINALLY, it arrived, and we are so thankful. We've spent as much time outside as the weather allows, and because we are in a particularly rainy season, that means MUD! 

Sawyer LOVES hanging out on the lawn mower. One day, it was very quiet (you know that toddler-something-must-be-amuck-quiet), and I found him.. in the garage... on the mower... grinning.

He loves the rocks in the landscaping!

Planting the planters!

And watering the mudhole...

Big boy with a stick!

Little baby with his blankie!

Off to adventures!

We tilled ground to start creating some landscaping, then it rained over three inches. Can anyone say mud?!?!

Pulling Mommy off the lounge chair and into the mud...

My pretty planter became a mud pit, and I had to pull out the flowers, and save them to replant when it dries out. They were literally floating. Sawyer found it, and thought it was GREAT fun.

Until he wanted to go inside, and I told him he'd have to take a bath. He proceeded to lie down in the mud and throw a fit.

It didn't work. Mommy still made him take a bath, and then he was still throwing a fit, so he went straight to bed. I didn't even put a diaper on him.

This is my favorite :)