Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Spring it Forward

Spring brings back lots of memories to me.

Spring means time change. Every time we "Spring Forward"  I always think of my parents. We would always change our clocks at 7pm. Promptly after which my parents would claim "Bed Time" and send us all to bed!!  This year, we did it to our kids! It felt awesome!

Spring is also a time for warmer weather which means "time to go outside" This was a phrase my mom said to us a lot. and now that we are in a house, as it gets to be nicer weather out I've been saying it to my boys! It's so nice to send the kids outside to play. It helps get dishes or laundry done, bathrooms clean, sweep and mop. or just some quiet time for Momma! It also wears them out!! They sleep so much better, and go to sleep so much faster! I love it!



Spring means flowers and flower beds!  I always loved going to the nursery and green houses with my parents to get flowers for our flower beds. They would always let us each pick out our own flowers to plant, weed and tend to. I always picked the Begonia.
 When I was little that was my nickname. I was their little begonia. Plus they are super pretty. Still to this day one of my favorite flowers!


Spring is definitely one of my favorite seasons. It's starting to warm up. The flowers and Trees are starting to bloom and get their color back. Grass is growing. It smells like fresh rain, daily if you live where we do.  Spring thunder storms. Car windows down. House windows open. Fresh air. Spring Cleaning. De-cluttering, Garage Sales......





But probably, by far, our family's most favorite thing about spring would have to be that it marks one of the best times of year .... Baseball!!!
Spring means Spring Training and this year we got to go!! It was amazing!

So welcome Spring!
Welcome flowers and trees and rain and fresh air and warm weather and playing outside and most importantly, Welcome Baseball!!!