It is SO NICE to walk and drive around town and see green:  green grass, green leaves, green plants.  Yay!  This weekend was so beautiful, and I'm looking forward to the next few days of highs near 90.  The winter was entirely too long, and I am so thankful that summer weather is here (for now, anyway... I realize that if it snowed next week, it would not be unheard of)!

On Friday, we did a short hike in the woods at a park in the next town.  The leaves on the trees hadn't really gotten past the bud stage, though, so even though it was warmish, it still felt wintery.  In the past two days, the trees have burst to life with light green leaves.  On Saturday, we walked downtown (about a mile walk, down hill).  There was a family fun day going on at the town green, so we did that for a little bit, and then read some stories at the library before walking home.  It would have been easier if the uphill part of the walk was on the way to our destination instead of on the way home, but we made it.  The kids spent the rest of the weekend outside most of the time.  We had lunch at my father-in-law's house, complete with birthday cake for R. 

This week's agenda:

*Clean out the car.  It's beyond disgusting.  It's so bad that I won't even post "before" pictures.  Ugh!

*Work on our science fair project.  This is taking priority over all other "school" other than math, grammar, and reading.  Our science fair is on Friday, and, well, we've hardly started.

*Clean out the closets.  We still have some clothing and other things packed from when we moved from my mother-in-law's house to this apartment last July.  I think I'm ready to finally get that unpacked, especially considering that my rule has traditionally been "use it in a year's time or toss it."  July is coming quickly, and I want to see what I might be throwing away!

*Our regular activities: Bible study, library, ballet, Civil War class.

*Carvel on Thursday for their 75th anniversary celebration!

*Keeping an eye on this swine flu.  I'm not typically one to panic over proclamations about the possibility of global pandemics, but I'm a little bit nervous about this one.

I think that's about it!