Spring is in the Air

This has been the nicest weekend weather we've had all year. The kids finished all of their weekend activities before 11:00 am on Saturday thanks to a 7:40 soccer game and Siena's 9:30 dance class. After that, our only obligations were to enjoy the nice spring weekend.

We went for a walk to the river to feed the ducks. This is one of the kids favorite things to do and we are very fortunate in that the river is just down the street.

For some reason dandilions are very popular with Siena and Mason this year. They like blowing them.
There's Mason's dandilion carcass.
The ducks didn't get the message we were coming with bread as all we had to feed were 2 geese and one duck that showed up later. I wasn't interested in giving 2 geese our whole bread stash so we used a couple of pieces and saved the rest for another day.

Later in the afternoon we went to the park. This is a newer park that just opened last spring down the street. Here's my swinging girl!

I don't have any false delusions about the Blazers making it out of the first round of the playoffs this season with Roy being injured but I'll still wear my Rudy jersey and root for them.

This is the kid that was scared to death of the slide a year ago...now he's a pro!

Each evening this week we've had a family soccer match. On the rainy days we had the game in the family room but on the nicer evenings we took it out on the grass. The kids make up all of the rules but that's fine since its getting them outside and playing. The combo of exercise, activity, and practice, not to mention good family time, makes it worthwhile.

The kids...

After the park we went to dinner at Delta Cafe in our old Woodstock neighborhood. This is one of my favorite places in town and a great choice if you're hungry. Delta is a unique place that serves southern comfort food - catfish, chicken fried steak, fried chicken, pork, etc. Even better than the entrees (which are pretty darn good), they have the best sides. They are the only restaurant I can think of that has casseroles as side options. My two sides were mac and cheese and broccoli casserole. Luis and the kids had tater tot casserole as part of their sides. I should mention the mac is baked casserole style and is soooo good. Nothing like Kraft. Plus the kids liked the Dum Dum suckers that came with the check. To each their own...