That is the smell of spring around the corner! Okay, maybe not the smell, but definitely the warmth. Today was a toasty 70 here in my neck of the woods in Northern Virginia. Earlier in the week it was in the teens. Color me excited! Last weekend we had snow, this weekend we have t-shirt and flip flop weather. I am doing mental backflips. Harder to do the real ones in my mid-30′s. I dragged the kids out of the house as soon as my older boys got home from school and let them run amuck at a local park. The cold weather has kept us cooped up inside. I am excited about getting out and exploring more of Virginia again.

Here are a few snapshots of my kids from today.

My 13 month old daughter has taken it upon herself to make sure her daddy gets enough to eat. She enjoys feeding him, then looks to make sure I’m watching. Exhibit A & B below:

In case you’re wondering… I may be a mother of 4, but I’m a great big giant kid. Here’s a camera phone video as proof, compliments of my second oldest son:

I’m a Big Kid Now

Welcome to my new blog. After moving to Virginia and having several colleagues hound me about getting a blog, I’ve finally caved. Here we are! I’ve always been afraid I wouldn’t have something witty or inspirational to say, so I guess I’ll just say whatever is on my mind on any given day.

It’s hard to believe we’ve been here 4 months already. The humidity was a bit of a bear in the beginning and when the weather started to drop in temperature, I realized very quickly that I wasn’t going to get by on my flip-flops and t-shirts anymore. Hellooooo wake up call! It’s taken Mike (my husband) a bit of getting used to as well. Last week he turned his windshield fluid on to clean his windshield, only to have it turn into a sheet of ice on him. The next day I went to use the wipers (mentally trying not to do what Mike had done the day before), and what do you know? I hit the windshield fluid by accident. While driving. Oops. Yeah, that was a little nerve-wracking. It’s so mortifying to be so naive about such things. We have 3 years to get our act together. My kids are geeked out by the grass turning to ice. So much so that we’ve caught them jumping up and down on the frozen tundra. “Psssssst… you’re making it painfully obvious that we’re from California. Cut it out!” I’m excited that all the museums in D.C. are free. FREE!!! I like free. Especially when I’m trying to find things to keep my 4 kids entertained. This will be the first Christmas where we won’t be basking in 75-85 degree Southern California weather. At first I was bummed out about it. But if it snows, that would make my kids pretty darn happy. And that’s gift enough for me.

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