New beginnings

Today has been kind of a gloomy day. 

 It's been dark and rainy.  

I was sitting on my living room sofa and I saw a spot of color out in the yard.

  The first sign of spring!  A crocus.  So beautiful!

As I was pulling out my camera 

I was thinking about how 

I haven't had many reasons to pull out my camera lately . . . .

 I miss taking pictures!

The holly berries are still on our tree! 

 Usually a flock of robins will come and pick it clean.  

The birds are chirping outside (sounding like it is spring) 

but there must be plenty for them to eat 

because our tree hasn't been touched this year

 and the berries are starting to fall on the ground.

Here are some daffodils about ready to pop.  

They are usually the 2nd flower of the season

 to show some color.

The azaleas are budding also!!

Another new thing that has happened just recently is 

that McKay got his learner's permit!  ?  !  

Am I excited?

  

Yes, for him to be driving . . . . . no, for us to be teaching him to drive.  

He has already put almost 2 hours behind the wheel,

 and I am surprisingly calm. 

SuPrIsInGLy

Lincoln is the one panicking this time around . . . . .

 who'd'a thunk it? 

 NOT ME!

This picture, taken on McKay's dresser drawers says sooooooo much about him.

It says:

~ he got his learners permit
Maryland prints the license
vertically until the person is 21.
Smart egh?

~ he loves soda :) 

not necessarily 7up, 

but I bought some of that for him when he got sick last month. 

(the soda bottle has been there that long!)

~ he chews a LOT of gum

~ he plays x-box, namely Call of Duty . . . .

 when he saw me taking the picture of his permit

 he changed what was on the pile of games . . . .

 he did have the movie "What About Bob."

My kids have spent HOURS watching and laughing at

that movie.

~ see the air freshener? . . . . 

I think I've discovered that boys sTiNk!  

There's something about an oily headed teenager that just . . . . smells. 

 This freshener needs freshening!

~see the wooden snake? 

McKay got this on a cruise we went on.  

It reminds me of how the steward of our room

 kept hiding it in different places each time

  he cleaned up the room.

  

When we would come back into the room,

 the kids would be excited

 to try to find where the guy had hidden it! 

 This guy was very inventive in his hiding places!

~the necklaces? 

 gifts to the boys from our trip to Hawaii.  

Somehow McKay has ended up with more than one of them.

~candy wrappers . . . .

 oh boy, the candy wrappers!  

Just because I'm off most sugar doesn't mean McKay is!!!

McKay is growing and pretty soon will be gone . . . .

 I'm trying to treasure every moment.  

Each new step and new beginning he takes leads to an ending . . . . . 

Ah darn!  

 I think I need to go look at my crocus again!