We had the pleasure of hosting my college girlfriends last weekend. In addition to hanging around the house, playing games, and chatting we also ventured around town. Fortunately for us it was still Maple sugaring season to visit Nightingale's Maple Farm. Learning about the tubes.and sampling the delicious sweets and treats.
Checking in at the lake house. Delightfully cold.Around the house,Sharing stories in the reading chair.Chillin' in the wagon on our breezy ride.Friends are awesome and journeying with them on adventures is a gift! Thanks friends!

Just playing cool as the weather starts to warm up.
Hope you are having a beautiful day!

The end of the winter season was fast for me and the first day of spring yesterday came just when we needed the lift and promise of new life!

Our photos are few and far between with our camera needing some repair but our memories are still in the making.

The first half of March we had:
-Another successful trip to Opera Saratoga for a performance of Jack and the Beanstalk.
-Our first playtime on the deck since it was one of the first things to clear in the backyard. (it is now snow covered again as the snow pours down as I write)
-Lots of workbooks, coloring, crafts, and play dough time.
-The start of Lent to usher in worship, prayer, and fellowship for our family.
-A tons of illness.
-Evangeline keeping up with Rowan, cutting some more teeth, and practicing her speaking.
-Rowan interested in what each day brings. He checks his calendar to see if he has Sunday school, nursery school, swim lessons, or the occasional haircut or special trip. He has an insatiable appetite for play and socializing!

How to attend the 2011 Winter Carnival at Lake George.

First, layer, bundle, line, and blanket the adults and children.
Second, plan for walking and sliding on all sorts of terrain such as dry pavement, wet roads, slushy sidewalks, ice slush, snow, and of course, the frozen lake.
Third, watch out below and above for scuba divers, animals, ATVs, snowmobiles, dog-sleds, helicopters, and parachuters on display.Fourth, after seeing all the sites (including the polar bear swimmers) and roasting s'mores be prepared that your son's favorite memory will be getting to go in the Water Rescue Unit of the Firetrucks.

Rowan's first swim lesson!Rowan's thoughts:
-my favorite part was: "the red frog" (a floating frog they use for encouragement)
-"I want one more swim class and then one more" (he wants to go every day and not just once a week)

Mommy's thoughts:
Good thing he's taking to formal training! We have 6 weeks of swim lessons to start. I'd love to go through till the summer when our lake swimming begins. He has no fear of the water and a couple of the other bleacher moms commented "is that your son? He has no hesitation about this! Yeah, no fear."
I love having the time with him and watching him succeed in learning and meeting new friends!