Spring has sprung...

or at least it felt like it up at Sacrewell farm today with the warm sunshine, the day old chicks and the gamboling lambs. It was actually our second visit of the week, we dropped in monday for a quick peek at the lambs & chicks. Today we went with "the boys" ( all our friends from antenatal class-we have been together just over 4 years). Sam was delighted to see them, as he hasn't seen them since we got back from holiday. He got to feed a lamb and get lost in the maze so he had a great time. It was a nice way to end what was a pretty productive day.

We had intended to go ice skating only to discover that it was cancelled. So instead sam finished off the easter cards we started yesterday. I did a dot to dot for the letters and he followed them really well. He wrote his own name-with the usual giant a. I wonder what that means? Can you do hand writing analysis on a toddler? Then we did a few pages of our new Go for the Code book. He really seems to enjoy the series. We then played with the pattern blocks that we got from sonlight. He was very methodical in making pictures with them but probably had the most fun making a tower and then knocking it over. Boys will be boys or at least mine will anyway.

I had a proud mommy moment yesterday-for the first time we went for a bike ride and I actually rode my bike instead of walking beside him. It is only a small thing I know but it was a big step for us. It was one of those moments when you realise that they are getting older. He was very grown up and kept asking when his training wheels could come off. I am dreading that time-not only because I don't think that he is ready to ride without training wheels but also because it is another one of those growing up milestones. It is an old cliche but they grow up so fast. It doesn't seem two minutes ago that he was a tiny baby. Oh dear this is getting very depressing, I had best move on to something less maudlin.

We have booked the flights for Dublin for M's confiration ceremony. We really like the city and are looking forward to sharing it with M's parents. As we are there for a few days hopefully a)the weather will be good and b)we will get to explore outside of dublin. Sam is looking forward to dinner at our favorite restaurant there and to having a ride on their new light rail system. We didn't get to go on it when we were there in sept.