Spring...where did you go?

Blurry I-phone pictures, but we were so excited to wear our new pajamas without sleeves.  The boys have been asking to wear them for a few months now, but I told them we had to wait until the snow melted. 

 

Dinner and ice cream with neighborhood friends at one of our favorite local places.  It has a backyard patio area with a swingset for the kids.  Peaceful dinner for the parents!

Luke's obstacle course from the boards on the hockey rink

Liam on the obstacle course

Liam running the boards again

We finally had a little taste of spring over the weekend.  We basically skipped temperatures in the 50's and 60's and went straight to 70 degrees, but I am not complaining.  The boys were so excited to wear shorts and short sleeves.  For the first couple of days, they were still putting on their coats and trying to pull down their short sleeve shirts.  The ground finally thawed and the ice melted enough to get rid of the hockey rink.  Luke and Liam had a fun time making a maze from the boards.  For our 3 days of spring, we spent most of the day outside and the boys wanted to get out all the summer stuff in one day.  They pulled out balls, bats, the jumping thing, even puzzles and legos from inside and then asked if we could could get out the swimming pool. 

Following our big 3 days of spring, winter returned literally overnight.  I heard this lovely piece of information on Minnesota public radio and thought I would share how "lucky" we are to possibly see snow in May.
About once every 30 years or so, there is a snow event that is enough to cover newly greened lawns and coat budding leaves in Minnesota. The last time there was a snow event in May greater than an inch in the Twin Cities was on May 2, 1976 with 1.2 inches. The most that it has snowed in May in a single event for the Twin Cities is three inches. This has happened on three occasions: May 20, 1892, May 1, 1935 and May 11-12, 1946.

When it started snowing at breakfast yesterday, Liam suddenly screamed "oh no, its snowing again!  I wanted to wear shorts and play outside!"  Luke followed with his disappointment and I tried to reassure them that this was not normal and it would melt very quickly.  Aiden followed up with how much he loves the snow and started singing "Frosty the Snowman" for us.  Pretty positive that three of us were not amused.  I do, however, feel very fortunate that we dodged another big storm today.  We were forecasted to get 6-9 inches of snow today and thankfully the storm moved south of us and we just barely missed it.  It is still cold, but no wet, sloppy, slushy white stuff this time.  We could still get some in the next couple of days, but I am hoping it will be minimal.