Feels like Summer in CA

Wow, what a beautiful day! The children have been outside all day, playing with their fellow Jedi knights and the neighborhood princesses. Our climbing/sliding thing made a great fortress for the princesses while the Jedis protected them from the dragons. Sometimes the princesses would go out picking flowers and a Sith would capture them. They are taking time out to have lunch right now.

We’ve got all the windows open in our house and our windchimes are ringing gently. Such a mild day with a gentle breeze, hearing the chimes always reminds me of living in Grover Beach. No, we didn’t live on Sesame Street. We could see the Pacific Ocean and parts of Pismo Beach (and all the clams you can eat) from our kitchen window. If the weather would stay like this until October, it would be perfect. Of course, this is just the start of the buildup to a hot, sweltering summer. The long time local residents tell us not to get used to this spring time weather, there is still time for a spring snow storm.

“Bip”, our Very Fat Baby, is going to need toddler size diapers soon. I’ve never had to buy toddler cloth diapers before! The others were potty trained by the time they weighed 30 pounds. Nicholas makes me laugh, he’s so fat. He’s already outgrown so many of the cute clothes we have for him. I’m knitting him a sweater to wear next fall. My good friend Shanti knit him one that he wears right now. It was so cute I just had to make him another one in a bigger size. I don’t know what I was thinking. I’ve never knit more than a scarf before. It’s not that bad, really. I just wish I knew what I was doing. I’ve had to pull out several rows, but I’ve kept more than I’ve unraveled. Of course, now I’ve been pouring over knitting and yarn catalogs, thinking I’m just going to whip up all sorts of fun clothes for the kids. The problem is, they grow faster than I knit.

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