Thursday evening.  I’m a little tired.   I need to write my final for my English classes.  I also need to grade papers.   I actually enjoy it once I get going; I am just feeling tired.  So I feel like stalling a little.  I also really enjoy my blogging time so here I go.

We unpacked quite abit today.  Lots of books.  We had to drive down to Lakewood and back twice.  It’s just about 17 miles but the traffic will wear a person out.

Ok this post is getting wearisomely whiny.

I got going on sock number two of the Make up Sock last night.  It’s still slow going but not quite as slow as sock number one.

I think I have most of my yarn unpacked.  Need to organize it now.

Today Davey said, “Mommy, can we go to Africa?”

I asked, “why do you want to go to Africa?”

Davey answered,  “I want to see elephants, lions and peacocks.”

He mentioned it again later in the day and added, “Mommy, bats live in Africa.”

Then he proceeded to question me for about 15 minutes on the topic of snakes.   More specifically, he questioned me about my fear of snakes.

“Mommy, why are you so scared of snakes?”  (I really try not to make a big deal about my irrational fear of snakes, but I guess I don’t hide it so well.)

“Mommy.  you don’t need to be afraid of snakes.”

I reassured him that I knew there was nothing to be scared of and that we just needed to be careful around them.

“Mommy, you need to hold a snake.”

At that point, it was all I could do to keep from shivering right out of the driver’s seat.

I guess he noticed.  “Mommy.  There is nothing to be scared of.”

I tried to explain the idea of “irrational” fear, but he was having none of it.

Here he is preparing for his safari.  I guess we will have to head to Asia too to see the tigers.

Just a little rambling today I think.

We’ve not had a chance to unpack much this week.  The kitchen and Davey’s room are pretty much done,  and we’ve located almost all of our clothes, so we can make it for awhile.  Hopefully I can get back to it tomorrow.

Everything is starting to get green.  One thing fun about moving into a new house which is not actually new is that there are all kinds of springtime surprises.  Little bulbs are coming up all around the yard.  Daffodils, tulips, and Oh!

Ok, I just ran outside to take a picture.  It’s kind of chilly outside.  And not really raining.  It’s more like dripping.  Anyway, this plant started emerging out of the ground the other day.  At first it looked very mutant weirdish.  Today when I took the picture, I saw that it might actually be not so mutant as there is a leaf forming.  Can anyone tell me what this is? (or is going to be?)

I am very curious to see what emerges.

Today David and Davey went to pick up a couple of lights we’d left at the apartment, and they did a little cleaning.  Davey said, “Daddy!  We forgot the balcony.”  He then went on to explain to David that yes, it could indeed be taken apart and re-assembled at our house.

I worked on my lace shawlette last night.  I am still a little inept.  I thought I was short a stitch, so I tinked out the row.  (yuck.  Although at least I am a little better at unknitting now at least for this pattern.)  Turns out though, that I was not short a stitch.  A yarnover had gotten caught on a stitch marker and was showing up on the wrong side of the marker.  So then I’d already re-knit the row thinking that an adjustment was needed at the beginning of the row.  Turns out that that adjustment was not needed at all.  So back I went to take that adjustment out.  What a pain.   After that I proceeded slowly and cautiously and all went well.

Ok back to supper preparation.  I’m making beef and barley soup.  Should be nice for a rainy evening!

So this is our first Colorado spring.  It’s been pretty cool.  The trees are starting to get green.  In the parts of the world where we formerly lived (except Seattle), temps have already hit at least 80.  So on Saturday when it hit 84 here, we thought – yep Spring is here.  (and practically Summer really in most places we lived.)

Time to break out the shorts!  Davey is already asking at least once a day when we will go to the waterpark.  “Mommy?  Can we go to the pool today?”

Here’s how things looked Saturday in Boulder:

But things were changing by Sunday morning.

We were fascinated by the whole possibility of snow.

As soon as it began, Davey was outside with his umbrella. Not much happening here, but he was ready.

And then the snow really began to come down.  Big wet Spring flakes.

Davey and Koko soon went back out to check it out.

Davey made snow angels! (He’s not dressed adequately for real snow play.  I love how he has his hand carefully held just above the deck.)

Fascinating stuff!

The snow fell heavily for an hour or so.  It didn’t last for long.

Fun Spring.

I am pretty tired, and I can’t find my camera to computer cable yet so I can’t download pictures to post a few here.

But it’s April 1st, and I felt like I should post on April 1st.  I don’t know why.  I have never been a fan of April Fool’s Day.  I never much liked the idea much of playing jokes on someone – even though I know it’s mostly just in fun.  But I felt compelled to write a short post anyway – new month and all.

(Edited to say that I do find google’s April Fool’s Day jokes just pretty darn hilarious.  Google Motion?  Good one and if you googled Helvetica today, the results came up in Comic Sans.  David would love that one!)

So we are in our house.  Second night in fact.  We are very happy to be in a house again!  So much to unpack still, but we’ll get there.

I even knitted abit tonight.  I was too tired to take on sock number 2, so I just did some plain knitting on another “Jiffy Mitt”.  Such a fun quick pattern.   Great project to carry in my purse, or when I am pooped from packing.

Pooped.  We checked out our new library today, and Davey found Everybody Poops.  Oh he loves it.  We looked at it several times today.  It is a cute book if poop can be cute.

And on that note – Happy beginning of April!