Good Bye Winter...We Hope!

We have finally entered spring, at least we think. We have not put away our coats, boots, hats and gloves yet, just in case. I'm certain that as soon as we do it winter will return. In the meantime, we've been getting days in the 60s about every 2-3 days, and even a day or two in the 70s. Always windy, windy, windy. This weekend was like fall - rainy, dreary, and cold. But those nice days give us the strength to persevere!

Elise is doing really well at spelling and reading. She can read all words in the -at word family, most from the -et and -og families, and is very good at sounding other three-letter words out with our help and spelling them, too. She even arranged our magnetic letters to spell D-E-S-M-B-R and told us it was December. We were really impressed! Linnaea is really good at writing the letters but isn't showing as much interest in spelling as Elise is.



I found this picture hiding on my camera. It's the last snow we had back in March. The snow was finally wet enough for a snowman!





We went for a hike in Custer State Park on the first almost-80 degree day we had since October. It was beautiful! Here we are with our friends, Sierra and Bryce.





And here we are with Mommy.





Here we are on on of our 4 stream crossings. This is NOT the one Linnaea fell in.





Elise's new haircut. I love this picture and really wish it wasn't blurry!