1. Climbing tree roots that have been under snow for what feels like 2 years. This gives Emma a fair vantage point to find the muddiest mud puddles.
2. Wearing mismatched mud boots because they usually get wet one at a time, why would you possibly change both???
3. Eating dirty snow from a planting spade. Seriously.
4. Being able to stay warm wearing only a down vest and NO MITTENS!!!
5. Reading books while walking through muddy mud puddles.
6. The Sun brings warmer weather instead of colder weather.
7. The streets are dusty but your yard is still so muddy you're tracking it into the house.
8. Mosquitoes. Yes, already. Emma thinks she likes them and calls to them when she's outside. She was trying to feed them mud with her dad. He explained that they bite you and drink your blood, she thinks that's pretty cool too.
This is how you know it's spring in Alaska.
So Jack would take a bottle when he was tiny, then we didn't bother, now we want a date that lasts longer than like an hour and a half but he's no longer interested in the bottle and gets angry. We thought if it was HIS idea in his chair with something other than milk, he may re-get the hang of it. 
He didn't do too bad but I still think it's a lost cause.
My favorite :)
Here's Emma in her "Nemo" dress, I really love to sew. She just got home from school and is showing me her stuff, it's really cute, she can hardly wait to rip open her bag when she gets home.
1. Climbing tree roots that have been under snow for what feels like 2 years. This gives Emma a fair vantage point to find the muddiest mud puddles.
2. Wearing mismatched mud boots because they usually get wet one at a time, why would you possibly change both???
5. Reading books while walking through muddy mud puddles.
7. The streets are dusty but your yard is still so muddy you're tracking it into the house.
This is Emma saying, "NO MOM, NO PICTURES!" and me taking them anyways.
She's such a good little helper. She really thinks the lake is all for her. I mean, really, what three year old doesn't want to throw rocks into water all day???
Here's Mike and Emma looking for the culvert that we know is under our lake somewhere...
Thank goodness for hipwaders!
Just stick em' in a snowbank. 
Here's Jack all bundled up for a "nap-walk." He still likes a short nap in the middle of the evening so I usually make that my walk time.
