Mostly Owen: waiting on the melt

Sarah’s Thoughts- Spring has officially arrived. I wore cropped pants, no socks and short-sleeves today from my car into the mall. I was parked fairly close to the entrance but STILL, that’s something! Sadly, there’s so much snow on the ground- especially at our house since we live close to the glacier. I think we have a good 4 feet in the deepest areas, but in most places, there’s probably just 12 inches of snow. I feel like Noah trapped on the ark. Its stopped raining and dry land is coming but don’t plan a picnic lunch on the front lawn just yet... So what to do in the meantime? Most of the streets are clear so I’ve been meaning to start jogging again, but haven’t quite gotten around to that. My goal for this week is to make a list of things I want to do this summer. I need a little direction and preparation. I don’t want to blink and find that its September and I’m still just thinking about jogging. Our neighborhood is having a garage sale on May 9 and we could definitely stand to get rid of some stuff, so maybe that’s a good place to start. Organize our garage sale and start jogging. I’ll give you the report next week.

High: Spontaneous Thai food date

Low: Pukey Owen and Luke. Why is someone always throwing up? Yikes! Am I next?

Luke Update- And with that, the 2009 legislative session comes to a close. Phew! So what’s in store for Luke, you might ask? Well... this week he has plans of helping his friend, David, in his monumental quest of adding a second story to his house. He also hopes to try-out our new king salmon rods and reels- there are reports of fish caught already this spring. He’s making significant progress on his fishing net (as pictured below). He has a little more sanding and varnishing to do and needs to attach the net to the hoop and then will be done! Pretty amazing to think that it all started-out as a block of wood. The buzz word at the moment among Luke and his friends is “steelhead”. It hangs in the air like humidity on a east coast summer’s day. No reports of a sighting yet, but soon... Soon. Luke and David are planning a bear hunting in mid-May and right after that, his fishing season officially begins as the tourists start trickling in. Luke has about a month to switch gears before he trades in his lap-top for his waders. Sadly, he’s begun his vacation by picking up a nasty little bug that Owen brought home from daycare but hopefully will be feeling top notch in no time!

Owen Update- One of our patients at the dentist office told me this week that when kids make significant progress in one area, they tend to regress in another. I’ve found his true for Owen this week. His vocabulary is exploding. We can actually sort of have a conversation... sometimes. He’s been pointing-out every “boap” he sees (“boat”). He’s finally started saying animal sounds (“meow” for a cat and “hooo hooo” for an owl). He saw some ducks today and said “quack, quack” but I didn’t understand, so then he said “whant, whant” in this nasal-y voice and then I knew! How about that for an explanation? “Juice” and “cracker” and “apple” and “shoe”... all of this in the last couple of weeks. Owen has traded this verbal expression for every ounce of independence in his being. He’s been velcro child for the past week, even crying for me at daycare, which he’s never really done before. His clingyness may partly be due to recent illness, but I’ll tell you, when you find yourself one handed with a 30 pound weight attached to your hip, its difficult to get much done, not to mention hard on the old back!