March 15, 2010

They Say It’s Spring

It was a beautiful day in Wisconsin. The sun was shining, the birds were singing and the temperatures were in the high 50s. As my father-in-law would say, “It’s a bluebird day.”

It didn’t exactly start out on the right foot, however. We forgot about daylight savings time and woke up at 9:00 a.m. thinking we had over an hour to make it to church on time. It wasn’t until I checked e-mails and noticed my laptop clock had the new time adjusted. I ran to the shower and started hollering at Doug to get his butt up and ready. I knew I’d need helping getting Owen and Dawson ready, too.

We made it to Mass at 10:30 on the dot and resigned to sitting at the very back. Not a single pew was available so we sat in the gathering space (a fancy term for foyer, I imagine) and could barely hear Father speaking. All the more reason to be quiet and listen intently. I managed to catch most of the homily.

Post worship we took both cars to the gas station for refueling because we had a grocery store perk card that would give us 80 cents off per gallon. I love saving money! Two vehicles full of gas for under $40 is amazing.

Back home I fed Owen and then Dawson found a Star Wars marathon on Spike TV. He was dead to the world, glued to the TV. I had to drag him outside to ride his bike while I pushed Owen in the jogging stroller. We walked to the park and took the hiking path down to the Little Plover River. Owen loved being outside and fell asleep half way to the playground.

Once we returned home I played soccer in the backyard with Dawson. He loves to dribble the ball and shoot it into the net I got him for his birthday last September. He’s getting really good with his soccer skills. He starts spring soccer at the YMCA next month. I’m so glad it will be warmer this time around. Fall soccer was so cold last season.

Here are some fave photos from today: