Spring is in the air!!

The spring semester of graduate school is coming to a close. One more year until I have those three beautiful letters behind my last name! I am gearing up for the summer semesters in which I am taking 4 classes. Yicks! It is going to be easier on me come next year, and two classes are done before the kids get out of school. Still it will be a lot of work, and I am missing all the opportunities to hang out and have fun with my kids like I used to. We have tried to enjoy some of the nice weather when possible. It is hard with lots of papers to write.

About a month ago we had summer like weather and it hit 80 a few days in a row. Weston asked me if we could go ride bikes. The bikes they have here are old, too small, and rusted. There was one at my mom's house but they would fight over that one. The weather put me in such a good mood that I just said "f*ck it" and we went to buy new ones. We went to Hopeville Park and they had the best time riding around. They even played on the beach and Weston got stuck in the mud. They must have been draining the pond because the water had receeded farther than normal and Weston got stuck in the muck. I had to pull him out. ICK! He also found some driftwood, and said "Hey mom, look at my driftwood. It is very special to me" That is code for "I want to take this home and keep it". Sorry buddy ain't happening. It was a really good day and I realized how much I had missed these days when I could take the time to really enjoy them and have fun outside together.