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Stubborn snow.

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Marshmellow the ferret enjoys a walk to the lake.

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Finally some spring color. The forsythia bushes are the first thing to bloom in our yard each spring.

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Repeat after me; My Little Brother is too big for the baby swing and I won't put him in there anymore..............

Trying to get Tristan OUT of the baby swing.

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First one in is a frozen kid!

Colin did jump in, I pretty much missed it and he wouldn't do a re-do. That water is still cold!

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Ice Out.

What a difference a day makes.

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Finally, beach days.

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Bonkers is never one to be left out.

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Melting

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Ice still on the lake as of 4/18 in the afternoon at least it's looking flimsier. When will it finally melt away?!

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Don't have to bring a cooler to the lake anyway.

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Go away ice!

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picking up trash is hard work.

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An April fools day breakfast, cereal and goldfish crackers in a chocolate ice cream cone. Terribly unhealthy but fun!

lake days despite the ice that just won't go

waiting and waiting for that ice to melt at the lake.

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guest photographer Colin.
This is a picture of my brother Tristan in his solar system class. I am looking through the little bit opened doorway with a camera.

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I don't know exactly what Colin is thinking here but it almost looks as if he's thinking I really shouldn't have another piece of cake but I will anyway. Most of my kids don't like a lot of sweets but Colin definitely does and was right there with other co-op kids scarfing down free cakes today.

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Never thought I would be cutting up sponges!

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Hayley is still in the planning stages of her pinewood derby car. Parents and sibling can make one too if they want.

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Colin's pinewood derby car so far. He wants lots of color.

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Tristan is at the painting stage with his pinewood derby car. He wants it to be mostly black.

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Trying to melt the snow by pouring hot water on it.

Got to give them credit for a good idea but it would take a whole lot of hot water to get rid of all the snow.

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poor mailbox.... again at least this is fixable. It's sure been a hard winter.

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and I'll snow and I'll snow and I crash your roof in. Poor barn not sure if we'll be able to fix this.

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Juley is definitely a lap cat. Tristan doesn't have a very big lap but Juley doesn't mind, any lap will do!

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Homeschool family and multitude of pets bath and shower here.

I noticed these things on the bath edge this morning and felt it summed us up fairly well. World map shower curtain, building toys, animal toys, a bionicle and two types of pet shampoo.
Only one or two reports of the humans accidentally using the pets shampoo in all these years!

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Lending a hand.

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Quite a novelty to see heavy rain running down the road rather than heavy snow piling up.



Hopefully it will melt all this snow... and melt it fast.

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Not much is cuter or cozier than a sleeping cat.

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Pretty Fluffy cat sleeping.

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Tristan the builder. Pinewood derby car construction begins.