St. Patty's Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day!
We have turned the corner from winter to spring here, I think. After 3 days of 40-50 degree weather, I can see about 50% of the yard again. Golly that's a lot of snow for the winter! (Apparently, a 3rd highest record snow total February for Madison)

Here's to SPRING and GREEN in our life once again! May we successfully navigate the muddy season. Better stock up on laundry detergent, I guess. Two boys who love to be outdoors?! Yep.

Just the 3 of us

Plus a rotating "helper" person...(thanks, Grandma & Aunt Jessica & clover)

George has been in Honduras for two weeks. (details and pics to come)

We've been trying to stay busy, stay in our routine, or just stay sane. Here's how I know it's been hard on Henry, he has several hypotheses about George's whereabouts.

1. We dropped him off at a friend's house to carpool to the Chicago airport. Mistakenly, Henry thought this was Papa's new house. He now asks when we will go see Papa at his new house.

2. Meme stayed with us two weeks before George left. Henry thinks Meme and Papa are in cahoots, enjoying the beach in Boston. We will see them this summer when they come back to visit via the airport.

3. Not exactly related to Papa's location...Henry has randomly suggested that "we are a family" while eating at the table. It was just Mama, Henry, and Grandma seated at the table during that meal. Grant was sleeping, George, of course, wasn't here. Recently, Henry has stated that "we'll have a long sleep, and then Papa will be home." This was with 4 more days to go. Sounds like euthanasia to me, only nicer!?!

So there you have it. The thoughts from a 3 year old about extended trips, and being left behind.

Makes Perfect Sense

A morning conversation with Henry went something like this:

Henry, looking at a little Farm Animal book that belongs to Grant: "Oh, there's a chicken on one page...and an egg on the other.  The egg has a crack."
Me: "Yeah, why does that egg have a crack?"
Henry:  "'Cause the chicken sat on it!!"
Me (laughing): "Well, they're pretty careful when they're sitting on the eggs.  It looks like the baby chicky is trying to hatch."
Henry (a long story about chickens and eggs, and baking, and eating...here's a little of what I remember): "Yeah, the egg will crack and then the yolk will come out and then we'll eat the eggs and the chicken. And the chicken will eat the eggs, too."

I'd wager he's not the only one confused about which eggs are for eating and which are for sitting on. We'll work on that this spring, perhaps.