Spring!  Woohoo!  It’s FINALLY here, for real now.  The temperatures are warming up, the sun is shining brighter every day, and there are buds on the trees.  Actual buds, people.  At this rate, we’ll have leaves by June!  Anyway, it’s about a month since I posted my spring list, so it’s time for an update.  Spoiler alert: I haven’t done much.

• Enjoy my maternity leave and get in lots of snuggles and bonding with Nugget.  This one is the easiest and the best, and I’m doing it every day.  Nugget is a sweet, cuddly little guy and I am loving every moment he spends in my arms.
• 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.  We took our April hike at Times Beach Nature Preserve and soaked up the water views.  I’m already looking forward to making a return trip as the area finally starts greening up.  For May, I’m hoping to visit one of the bigger state parks a little bit outside of our immediate area, and I’m also targeting our spring Reinstein nature walk.  Plenty of hiking recaps to come over the next few months!
• 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)!  I have the go-ahead to start working activity into my days again and I’m easing into workouts.  Training will officially start in June, so I’m using the rest of May to pre-train and build up a cardio base.
• Organize my yarn stash and put together a usable craft closet.
• Invite one of Peanut’s school friends over for a playdate.  Done!  One of Peanut’s little pals came over for a morning of playing followed by lunch.  Peanut and her friend had a blast tearing the playroom apart (the aftermath, above) and I enjoyed chatting with Peanut’s friend’s delightful mom.
• Paint the living room fireplace.  In progress: I went to Lowe’s and picked up my supplies (sanding sponges, a new brush, and primer; I have paint and painter’s tape at home).  I’m planning to tackle this soon; I have a feeling that once I’m done it will prove to be one of those projects that doesn’t take much time (knock wood) and makes a huge difference in the room.  Here’s hoping!

Not too bad, but I’d better get cracking on some of these other list items.  Did you make a spring list?  How’s it going?