Thank God for Spring!

We finally have spring-like weather here in Coralville. High sixties, I'd say. This meant we could finally get outside and play. Rachel has been really acting up lately and I think it's because she's been so cooped up inside. She's always in a better mood when we've had the chance to soak in the sunshine. Today we went to the park. Rachel is getting so big. She was quite proud of her ability to work the sand digging tools.



It looks something like that. You have to be strong enough to coordinate the two arms and move the sand around. Rachel couldn't manage it last year but one year of non-stop pop tarts and she's there!

Sami is also getting big. Now that she can walk, she had a lot more fun at the park. She climbed up the smaller play structure and slid down the baby slide. Her favorite part of the day was the swing. Rachel enjoyed pushing her sister on the swing, too.

In other family news, we watched Little House on the Prairie Saturday night. Rachel, Sharon and I enjoyed it. Sami slept through it. There are two more installments, so I guess we're booked for the next couple of Saturdays.