Thoughts of Spring

Did you know that Daylight Savings Time begins on March 9th this year? So we'll have that extra evening sunlight a little earlier. And Easter comes early too. For us, Spring brings three birthdays (Rachel, Mary Evelyn, and Jason) and maybe even a big end-of-tax-season party. That's only an idea right now, but our wheels are definitely spinning. This has been a hard tax season so far so we will definitely need to celebrate when it's over! This spring will also bring our 15th wedding anniversary. Fifteen years? Is that possible?

Spring also brings a bit of spring fever as far as school goes. I counted up how many days of school we have left and after today we have 56 days to go for this school year. (Our state requires 180 days total.) We'll finish up late May unless we need to take some some sick days or something else unexpected happens. School has gone well these last few weeks so I am praying we finish strong rather than just muddle through. I'm so excited about next year's plans that I am having to be extra disciplined just to teach these remaining weeks of THIS year!

Mary Evelyn is most excited about spring because she looks forward to ladybugs and caterpillars and bees on clover, etc. She tends to repress memories of mosquitoes and other pests. She found a couple of bugs yesterday and picked some of my very few flowers. Ugh...another sign of spring...Mary Evelyn picking the few flowers that we actually have.

One other sign of spring...my parents can't be still. This year they are going to Spain. But they'll be over there wishing they could make it to our big end-of-tax season party, I just know it.