dual personalities

“When the groundhog casts his shadow
And the small birds sing
And the pussywillows happen
And the sun shines warm
And when the peepers peep
Then it is Spring.”
― Margaret Wise Brown

Well, it is the second day of March and I  must say I am ready for spring! Aren’t you?

What a gloomy winter! It was great to see the sun this past weekend! Soon it will be daylight savings time and the days will lengthen. The local news stations here have started reminding us already–we are such children–good grief.

Anyway, I had a delightful weekend. Daughter #1 came home on Saturday and we went to an estate sale and out to lunch. We shopped for baby shower gifts. We toasted leap day and went out to dinner with the OM.  We watched The Professionals (1967) starring Woody Strode.

He is a permanent fixture on my team.

After church the next day, we did a little shopping and then, since I was worn out, I rested before the wee babes came over. They had also taken advantage of the fine weather and had gone to a park where they had played on the playground and walked on the trails.

Of course, (unlike me) they did not nap, so they were tired and a little cranky when they arrived at our house.  Their mother calls them “three-nagers” and she has a point. However, the OM and the wee laddie shared a moment when they compared “boo-boos”–the little bud was quite interested in his Pappy’s bleeding hand and wanted to show him all of his wounds (he won). Good to see some empathy developing!

Daughter #1 and I also researched baby shower punch recipes…

and even tested one:

It was delish! Prosecco makes everything better.

I continued to read my Fred Vargas mystery (so good!) and got my laundry done.  Like I said, a delightful weekend.

*Zechariah 10:1