Longing for summer

This morning when I heard the weather forecast was a high of 50 and saw a sunny morning two brief thoughts entered my mind: 1) can I wear capris? (answer: No, but I will wear some to the gym) and 2) can I wear sandals? (Answer: No). We are all longing for warmer weather around here, time outside in shorts and sandals. Sam keeps asking if we can play in the sandbox yet and I know Matthew will love being outside with his new mobility. Otherwise, we've been keeping ourselves somewhat active and entertained lately.

Matthew has started avidly climbing up the stairs. He did the entire stretch yesterday twice (with me following closely behind and Sam leading the way) with giggles and shrieks of excitement every other step or so. When he reaches the top, he is inevitably greeted with shouts of "Hooray, Matthew!" and "Good job Matthew!" with a bunch of claps from his proud big brother. In fact, Matthew has a hard time progressing if he can't see Sam in front of him (such as when Sam reaches the top and runs down the hallway). That's given Matthew some exercise and it's been a lot of fun too.

Sam's excitement has been a little more creative. Yesterday after a trek up the stairs we went to Matthew's room to play just for a change of scenery. Sam brought in the bathroom stool that Jason and I both used in the shower when had our multiple knee surgeries (5 between the two of us). He set it in the middle of the room and would climb on it and jump off and climb on and jump off and, well, you get the picture. I really think he is going stir crazy sometimes. When we go to wider open spaces he just runs around. With no particular destination, just running for the sake of running.

We did venture outside on Monday to enjoy some mid-30s temps and run around in the snow, which hadn't significantly melted yet (as an update , we probably have 10-12 inches on our deck now, rather than maybe 20?). Sam ran around and rolled around in the snow. He really loves playing outside and it's even better when he keeps his mittens on and doesn't freeze his little fingers. Matthew played on the porch and pulled himself up to our planters and enjoyed playing in the dirt. We may have a very messy summer in store for us. Oh well, it's worth being able to be outside for a significant portion of each day. Summer. Someday.