Hm. Interesting. I'm used to April being the month with rain one moment sun the next and then wind and hail, but this April has been gorgeous, sunny and warm. The snow melted, flowers bloomed and the trees got green, all in a matter of a few weeks. Well. Now it's May! And we woke up to snow in the air! It doesn't seem to stick to the ground, fine w. me!!, but still... Ah well. It's just weather, and I assume this is just the winter's last "Hurrah!" before summer comes... ;) Right??
Last Saturday I spent working at our house alongside Big Guy! Fun!! Our oldest girls helped out watching the younger ones for the day, and we got in about 6½ hrs of work. I did mostly cleaning, but I also helped with some actual construction stuff as well as carrying a bunch of bricks inside for our fireplace. At the end of our workday we stopped by at McDonald's for a quick dinner on our way home. I felt like "one of the guys" in my dusty clothes and scratched up hands! (any guy who's reading this is probably rolling their eys, but I did enjoy myself, and it was a great time to just hang out w. my Hubby!!)
At home things had gone well. Our 2nd oldest had organized a picnic lunch outside, and our oldest girl had been her buys self. She had ironed "the pile", hung up laundry, reorganized the whole livingroom, reorganized and cleaned our bedroom as well as taking care of and putting our Little Guy to sleep...
Wow! Pretty amazing I think! We sure appreaciate their helpfulness. I guess they want the house to get done as much as we do....
Today my cousin is starting to build the fireplace, the mudder and sander guy is in full swing, Big Guy is finishing up some drywall stuff downstairs... and yeah, it's getting done!!
And Oh!! Our 2nd oldest, who'll find any animal anywhere (she's spotted lizards on our property already) cought a glimps of a Viper on the neighbours lot!! Yikes.... I guess I'm gonna see if there are some plants we could grow that keep those suckers away!! :( Anyway... Off to another Monday, have a good one folks! Yes, I'll see if I can get some more pictures on here soon....
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Showing posts with label spring. Show all posts
Monday, May 2, 2011
Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Spring!!!
We have just celebrated a beautiful Easter here. Our first in Finland! It's neat to reach all the Holidays and milestones in a new country. For the record I can also mention, that today is our 10 months "Anniversary" here as well!! Crazy how fast that went!
The spring weather here has been amazing, I can't get over how much SUN there is! This weekend the temperature rised as well, and wearing a t-shirt (outside) was an option! The kids faces are becoming pleasently freckled, and if I let them, they'd stay outside till midnite... The days are getting really long, the sun is up between 4 and 5 am sometime, and it's still somewhat light at 10 pm! And it's only gonna get lighter! I like.
For me it's very sentimental to see how the nature is showing all the signs of spring. These are the flowers and plants and trees I grew up with!! I didn't think this would matter so much to me, but it does! Our house is located close to the woods, and we've been taking some walks on the trail with the kids. I LOVE it. I don't know how anybody would not like to walk in these green forests (it's mostly pines and other evergreens providing the "greenness"), that smell so amazing! I played a lot in the woods as a kid, and it makes me all giddy when I see the same love for the nature in our kids faces. We found these little eatable plants, and the kids quickly became busy finding as many as they could. Even Little Guy liked them!
The kids remember picking blueberries and wild strawberries last summer, and are now looking forward to doing that again this year. I tought them to thread them on straws, to create their own little "berry kebab"!!
Only one more month of school here, and then we are hoping to enjoy our 1st real summer in Finland! Last year was kind of chopped up and stressful, but this year we should be able to relax a bit more. We are also looking forward to some overseas visitors! (our 2nd oldest daughter's best friend is coming w. her great aunt!) It will be fun to show them around here and let them see how well we are doing. I'm saying so with a happy, thankful heart. Yesterday my husband's great uncle asked me how I liked it here, and before I had time to answer, another man said: "Good, she smiles all the time!" I guess he's right!
The spring weather here has been amazing, I can't get over how much SUN there is! This weekend the temperature rised as well, and wearing a t-shirt (outside) was an option! The kids faces are becoming pleasently freckled, and if I let them, they'd stay outside till midnite... The days are getting really long, the sun is up between 4 and 5 am sometime, and it's still somewhat light at 10 pm! And it's only gonna get lighter! I like.
For me it's very sentimental to see how the nature is showing all the signs of spring. These are the flowers and plants and trees I grew up with!! I didn't think this would matter so much to me, but it does! Our house is located close to the woods, and we've been taking some walks on the trail with the kids. I LOVE it. I don't know how anybody would not like to walk in these green forests (it's mostly pines and other evergreens providing the "greenness"), that smell so amazing! I played a lot in the woods as a kid, and it makes me all giddy when I see the same love for the nature in our kids faces. We found these little eatable plants, and the kids quickly became busy finding as many as they could. Even Little Guy liked them!
The kids remember picking blueberries and wild strawberries last summer, and are now looking forward to doing that again this year. I tought them to thread them on straws, to create their own little "berry kebab"!!
Only one more month of school here, and then we are hoping to enjoy our 1st real summer in Finland! Last year was kind of chopped up and stressful, but this year we should be able to relax a bit more. We are also looking forward to some overseas visitors! (our 2nd oldest daughter's best friend is coming w. her great aunt!) It will be fun to show them around here and let them see how well we are doing. I'm saying so with a happy, thankful heart. Yesterday my husband's great uncle asked me how I liked it here, and before I had time to answer, another man said: "Good, she smiles all the time!" I guess he's right!
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Gold Nuggets
Well. After rain comes sun. Also this time.
3 things that make me happy right now is:
1.Suburban is on the road again! Yes. Makes our life so much easier.
2.The spring here is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Where we had a foot of snow just 10 days ago, are now blooming crocuses in it's place!!! WOW! The sun is so warm, and the evenings are long and sunny. YUM!
3. Today I picked up our 4 oldest after school, and because the weather is so juicy, we decided to bring an icy treat for Big Guy, (he's doing some dusty, dingy work right now, insulating between the 2 floors... yukk, yukk and tripel yukk!, getting covered in that yellow insulation stuff....) So we got some Mars Icecream bars and some Juicy ones as well, then we all sat in the sun slurping them as fast as we could!
Life is great.
3 things that make me happy right now is:
1.Suburban is on the road again! Yes. Makes our life so much easier.
2.The spring here is absolutely GORGEOUS!!! Where we had a foot of snow just 10 days ago, are now blooming crocuses in it's place!!! WOW! The sun is so warm, and the evenings are long and sunny. YUM!
3. Today I picked up our 4 oldest after school, and because the weather is so juicy, we decided to bring an icy treat for Big Guy, (he's doing some dusty, dingy work right now, insulating between the 2 floors... yukk, yukk and tripel yukk!, getting covered in that yellow insulation stuff....) So we got some Mars Icecream bars and some Juicy ones as well, then we all sat in the sun slurping them as fast as we could!
Life is great.
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