Seem’s hard to believe it is now May and we are still wearing long sleeves and jackets! The weather has been (mostly) less than desirable for much of spring so far! However, we enjoyed our walk through the neighborhood today as you can see. We had Lily jump in the wagon for the photo, she was kind of nervous to be in there, so I don’t think there was any way she would actually stay in there while it was moving. Finn thought it was great, and loves that doggie got to come with us – and that he saw several others on our walk! He pretty much loves Lily to be around all the time. Cameron is too gimpy to be able to walk long distances so she stayed behind at home 🙁
This was a really late-night work week for me, and I’m pretty beat. I’ve been getting home upwards of 10:30 – 11:45 pm, and I ended up working Saturday until 5. It is, however, good to be busy and I’m glad to be getting plants down the road. It has been a crazy spring not only weather-wise, but also with shipping plants. I was obviously gone last spring, but I don’t recall 2012 being this absolutely crazy-busy so consistently for so many weeks without a bit of a lull.
Last Sunday we took a last-minute road trip to visit Brett and Missy in their new home. We stayed for a bit and then we all headed to Young’s Jersey Dairy for some ice cream, food, and to visit the animals. Finn and I fed the goats and he really like it! Then we visited the baby goats in the barn. It was a fun time and he was beat by the end of the afternoon. 
This week Kevin plans to build some raised beds and/or vegetable boxes near our patio for our veggie gardening project. These babies need to be planted outside really soon!
And I’m excited that our lime tree is fruiting. It needs to warm up a bit more before we can move it outside. The flowers are far messier than I ever realized as once the flower has been pollinated the petals and stamens fall to the ground and they are tacky with sap!
Finn just loves to touch plants. He walks right up to any plant he sees and touches it. And often times he smells it! He has the cutest little sniff/snort sound that he makes. And he does the same when he reads a book – if there is a flower on the page, he shoves the book right up to his face and tries to smell it!
Thursday (I think!) Debbie took the boys on a fun trip to go visit the pet store. Finn and Sam loved petting the animals – a puppy, cat, bunny, and they got to look at some birds and other animals too. Here are some photos Debbie took during their excursion.
And Saturday night we headed out for Pizza at Pies and Pints in none other than Finn’s new big boy car seat! Wow, can’t believe we are done with the infant carrier, it really brings tears to my eyes. But he loves his new big boy chair. He sits a bit taller in it, so he can see himself much better in the mirror on the back seat. He and daddy picked it out at the store – actually daddy tells me that Finn picked the color 🙂 He was a pretty happy guy after we got on the road. We left later than we planned and he was already getting tired, so he varied between smiles and tears!
Spring is my most favorite time of year! This viburnum has the most amazingly fragrant blooms. I love the week each spring that it is in flower and I love seeing all of the redbuds and other spring flowering trees. We are looking forward to planting a few new trees around here this spring/summer too!
