"…warmer, warmer, NO! colder, ICE cold!"

Did you play that game as a child? We are playing a similar game in England lately.  It was cold, cold, cold and then we had a few gloriously sunny weeks.  The flowers erupted into bloom and the kids shed their coats.  We turned off the Aga, which had been on far longer than usual into the spring.  And I snapped away, fortunately, because it is the memory of that little pocket of toasty weather that is keeping us going as we are hunkered down together under blankets tonight. 

We are enjoying that too though.  Yesterday we flung open the windows and were spring cleaning like mad.  The kitchen got a good scrubbing and my husband cleaned the cellar storage which has been lingering untouched since we moved in.  Our cellar is a Grimm's style scary dark stone dungeon where we would rifle through moving boxes for a missing item and then dart back upstairs as soon as we could. Now its nicely sorted and stacked.  

Today we braved the cooler temps and hiked the woods of Norfolk a while. Back home, I attempted to watch some software tutes while they watched their movie.  I sent one boy for headphones so I wouldn't disturb them. I thought I had it situated but did notice the sound seemed a little far off.  And what else was that?  "Mom!"  huh?  Oh, the kids!  They were about falling off the couch laughing.  I had my headset on just fine and the video rolling but I guess I didn't plug the cord in.  <g> Yeah.

I am so not of this century. But I have figured out enough to have been in nearly hourly contact with my boys this weekend despite all the other activity.  Big things (good) happening in their lives. We are staying in the thick of it from here and I'm planning to be there for a week next month. So, that is where my brain is right now.  Which may account for the  headphones.  

Or not. 

Random weekend notes – we are reading The Children's Homer at lunchtimes. The boys love it. 

Brendan just discovered Usborne with this book on Britain and is really liking the format

We watched this movie and liked it despite so-so ratings. Maybe because it hit home having lived in the American West.

New fave magazine: The Simple Things

Fave dinner last week: Cheese Philly Steak Stuffed Peppers

Better wrap up here.  A few more pics:

bottom pic is from my phone.  I don't think I have a "real" picture of our road and the daffodils are on the way out now. It was lovely though.