::spring::

"Don't you know what that is? It's spring fever. That is what the name of it is.
And when you've got it, you want--oh, you don't quite know what it is you DO want,
but it just fairly makes your heart ache, you want it so!
It seems to you that mainly what you want is to get away; get away from the same old tedious things you’re so used to seeing and so tired of, and set something new. That is the idea; you want to go and be a wanderer; you want to go wandering far away to strange countries where everything is mysterious and wonderful and romantic. And if you can’t do that, you’ll put up with considerable less; you’ll go anywhere you CAN go, just so as to get away, and be thankful of the chance, too.”"
--Mark Twain

Could there be a better description of that springy feeling I think we all get? I think it's wonderful to hear something like that put into words so well.

This weekend we had some sun, and nice temps in the 60s. It's been the first time we could go outside in short sleeves all year. It was heavenly. Next week won't be near as nice, but we're getting there.

And boy does it feel good to see grass greening up and trees thinking about getting leaves. Blossoming trees and bushes are amazing. I love them.

We love you spring. Stay a while? Please?

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::sunshine & trikes::

On friday we actually had some sunshine. It feels like a long time since we've seen the sun out here, and even longer since it hasn't been to cold to enjoy the outdoors for very long.
We took Max's little trike out back so he could play around.

It's way way too small for him. But he still likes to ride it.
Unfortunately there really isn't much room to ride out back. There's not much room to do much except step in dog muck and mud.

There's about three feet of sidewalk. He rides up and down it. He's kind of like a lion pacing up and down in his cage.

He hits the fence and then turns around and goes up and down again. Anybody else think this guy needs a real yard to play in?  And maybe a driveway or something to ride on?

He stayed out there for probably two hours, just riding around and talking to himself.
Sultan likes to hang out with Max outside. He takes a seat in the grass--probably in the muddy part, and watches the action.

He's pretty cute.

He's the king of his yard. Which isn't hard, considering it hardly even counts.

But we appreciate what we've got. It makes us all the more excited for the new place we're going to be moving into on May 1st (we finally found a place, yay!!)--it has a real yard! And a driveway! And it isn't on a busy busy street.
I can think of at least one guy who's really going to enjoy it. 

Sounds good to me too.