Videos

Sunday night we watched a short video, "Room on the Broom." It was a kind, gentle video.  The whole family shared the couch, and Johanna spent much of the time sitting and wiggling and squirming on my lap.  I love cuddling with her so much.  She's so much fun to tickle!  I love hearing her laugh. 

Last night we watched an early episode of The Cosby Show.  (Rudy's fish died and Cliff made up a funeral in the bathroom.)  William and Evie and Mirjam and I laughed at all the jokes, and little Rudy reminded me of our little Johanna -- clever and funny and precocious. 

It's fun to spend good time together as a family.  I like it better than shuttling kids around to busy activities, which seem to take up too much time away from our family time. 

Springtime

Yesterday everything was melting.  It was almost 60 degrees outside.  When I came home after work, the kids were playing in the backyard.  I walked around the yard, picking up trash.  We all sloshed around on the ice rink, which was quickly turning into a pond.  Johanna helped me take down the last of the Easter eggs that had been hanging in the front crabapple tree all winter.  William and I played catch with a baseball and glove, while Evie rode around on her bike, and Johanna went scootering for the first time on Evie's old Razor scooter.  Mirjam threw a couple snowballs at William and me, and then we all went inside for dinner. 

It was a beautiful evening, with the sun setting later and no activities to worry about, and the squishy grass everywhere, no longer covered with snow.