Springtime: when the world becomes your playground

 The kids started stirring at 8 am, if they were awake any earlier they didn't wake me up for once.

Cowboy was awake, and had me and Badger out the door heading for Kodak by 11 am.
We walked around the Flea Market, he needed a phone harness or at least that's what he calls it.

We made it home at 1 pm, Raven and kids were gone.

We quickly grabbed some lunch, rested a bit, and then Badger went skating.
I was playing on the computer while I could when she sent me a text to meet her at the school.
She said we could go sit at the creek, it was such a pretty day.
So I went to meet her, and we walked down to the creek church.
We were gone for two hours. 
We would have stayed longer but three men showed up.
They were walking up and down the creek pointing and talking.
I don't know what that was about.
They were the same group of men that was in Farmer's Daughter's field and it looked like they were surveying.

I had just gotten to the Baptist parking lot when Raven called, “Where you at? Zwei is asleep, Daddy is weed eating, and I'm taking the other three to the hardware store.”
I told him I was heading home, luckily I got there before he pulled out.
I wasn't really needed. 
Zwei didn't wake up until they got back.

Once they got back, Badger and I went out to the backyard.
I moved my solar lights to the front of the she-shed. 
Once summer comes, the fig bushes will hide them in the back of the she-shed. 
Most of the solar lights have quit working, but they're still decorations.
I don't think Heron has any plans for flowers in the front of the she-shed this year.
 I may just take the fence down, have Cowboy mow what's left in there down, and return it back to yard. 

Badger practiced her throwing, and then took pictures of the birds. 
I have had a very huge increase in the number of birds in the yard. 
Most of them are grackles, although occasionally I'll get a cardinal or titmouse. 

Then we took a small walk around the block, and called it a day. 

Raven had the kids in bed by 9:30 p.m. 
With them not being little TV watching couch potatoes and getting outside, they fall asleep early and fast.

I'm finishing this up and heading to bed myself.