So, it’s spring… allegedly, anyway.  It’s still pretty dismal and dreary out there (that picture above is from last spring) but at least I can see grass again.  (Brown grass.)  Given that there’s been snow on the ground for the last five months straight, I’m a bit skeptical of ever seeing green or flowers again, but I keep hearing that it will spring in good time, so.  I will put on a brave face and make a list of things to do this spring.  When it comes – when.

• Enjoy my maternity leave and get in lots of snuggles and bonding with Nugget.
• Take a spring hike at Reinstein Woods Nature Preserve.
• Plant a patio garden (herbs, tomatoes, beans and peas) with Peanut.
• Take a tour of the Roycroft campus in East Aurora.
• Continue our family project of hiking in a different place each month.
• Take Nugget to the “Book Babies” program at our local library.
• Start training for the Mohawk-Hudson River Marathon (as soon as I’m cleared to exercise again)!
• Organize my yarn stash and put together a usable craft closet.
• Invite one of Peanut’s school friends over for a playdate.
• Paint the living room fireplace.

There – that’s ten things to do this spring!  I think that’s plenty.  (I usually try for fifteen, but I never quite make it and with a newborn in the house, there’s just no way that more than ten activities are happening, anyway.)  Mostly, I just want to enjoy our first full season as a family of four.  (FOUR!)  We’ll still be in the newborn black hole for awhile yet, but I think we can muster up the energy (somehow) and make an effort to really enjoy each other and have some fun this spring.

Are you making a spring to-do list?  What’s on your agenda?