All about Grace.

Spring has sprung.  I love seeing all the flowers and watching the green bermuda grass come in.  The kids are watching less TV (sometimes no TV at all) because we are playing more outdoors.  It would seem all is good, but alas, there's Grace.  My oldest, who is almost 5, has reverted to a 2 year old since spring has arrived.  There are daily temper tantrums over nothing, constant crying, and what I hate the most WHINING!  Lately it appears that Grace does not even know how to ask me for something, even a glass of milk, without whining.  All I can say is thank goodness for preschool because if I did not have those 4 hours each day right now, I think I'd lose my sanity.  So I'm praying we're just going through a phase as we're adjusting from our winter routine to our spring routine and Grace will have snapped out of it in the next few weeks.  Otherwise, it's going to be a LOOOOONG summer break around here!

Now of course, Grace is not like this all day.  She can be quite funny and lovely when she wants to be. . . usually when she's getting her way.  Lately though, when we're outside she seems to be in the best humor when someone has a sprinkler running.  Here she is last week enjoying our neighbor's.  There were quite a few kids playing, but I did not bring out the camera until the end and it was a bit chilly with no sun, so Grace was the last one standing. 

Since this post is all about Grace, I do have to share a story about her from last weekend.  We had our community yard sale last Saturday.  We decided not to sell this year because Mike and I did not want to spend our nights after the kids were in bed finding things to sell and tagging items.  So this time, we enjoyed shopping at our neighbors' houses.  Mike took the girls with him down the street and while they were looking at one of our neighbor's items, Grace turns to Mike and says to him, "Is this on sale?  Can we get this?"  If you're reading this, you probably know Mike and I well and know that we rarely buy anything that is not on sale.  Oh, she's learning well from us :)