Spring is here!

Well, today was jam packed with lots of adventures! This morning, Penelope tried bananas and loved them. Then after her nap we walked to the park to try the swings and slide. We met another couple with a little boy. I'm sure the playground will be a great place to meet other families in the neighborhood. After the playground we walked to the co-op to get some fresh veggies. Days like this make me realize how I've entered my dream world. We have a great little house in the city where we can walk to a playground, amazing cafe, health food co-op, bike trails along the river...all of this is within a few blocks. A 20 min walk takes us to Target, the library, the west campus of the U of M, the Y, and dozens of local restaurants. Maybe this isn't such a big deal, but after growing up in Sierra Vista where we had to drive into town and once we got there we pretty much went to Walmart, Hastings, Dennys. Thank goodness mom and dad had us in a ton of activities. Of course, we did have the huge yard to play in and lived at the foot of beautiful mountains, so I guess it is all give and take.
Back to our day...in the afternoon Penny and I took a long nap and then had to go back outside to enjoy the 60 degree weather. I realized that we have over a dozen knit hats for her, but nothing for the sun so she ended up wearing one of Chris's caps...didn't quite work. I'm going to head over to Target tomorrow to get her a spring hat, sunscreen, and some sunglasses. Hopefully we can get some work done in the yard. Now that all the snow is melted it is pretty obvious that we didn't keep up with the leaves.
Here are some pictures. There are new videos at youtube.com/clpstrand