Spring Forward

Whew... it is good to be able to play outside without sixteen layers of clothing that can be alternating put on and taken off as wee muscles warm up and then cool down.

Longer days bring challenges with early evening activites like winding down and going to sleep for little ones, but give parents a wonderful sense of hours to spend after the energy in the house is replaced by the ability to focus on chores or recreation without the heightened enthusiasm or drama of children.

Allergies, fruits and vegetables that are freshly picked, road trips long and short, adventures in hospitality, end of school year final events and anticipation of the next step in the school year are all the gatherings that mark the passage of the darkness of winter with the greater lighter step and freedom that Spring and Summer bring.

Remember to record the events, the changes, the memories. This past week when my youngest daughter who is now twenty five rejoiced that I had saved the fourth -fifth grade laminated baseball team participation certificate I thought of all the times my children have scolded me for 'keeping all this junk'.

But we are the keepers of their history until they can keep it themselves.
Note the days. Mark the moments. Record the milestones.

For those who scrapbook and journal diligently ...kudos to you........
But throwing it all in a box to discover again when they're grown works just as well.
Have fun with your babies, or children or tweens,or, yes, even teens today. It's a moment in time that will not come again.
Love,
Deborah