In the dull and dreary days that were February we spent a lot of time being grumpy, unfortunately. But also a lot of fun was had doing inside-cold-day sorts of things. A friend from younger days was a fiendish chess player and sent my kids a chess set recently. We haven’t totally mastered the skills yet but they’re all in love with the pieces and are coming to a small understanding of the game in their own ways:
I called home one night at dinner while I was away teaching (yes, I’ll feel so much more grounded once this stint of work is over) and Scott said “Yeah, I’m making dinner….the kids are playing chess….”. That so fulfilled one of the many images I’ve had in the past of what I want my kids’ childhood to be like (minus the Mama away at work part).
And now that the doldrums seem to be in the past (cross fingers) we are feeling a bit let out of the box. I love this photo of one of our first playground visits since the Fall.
Here’s to many sunny, loam-smelling days ahead for gardening, playgrounds, hikes, mud pies, clotheslines, slippy slides, popsicles, fresh-picked peas, barefeet, flowers blooming, bike riding, kite flying, dirty feet getting bliss.
