Spring had sprung and it was time for us to dig out the bikes and scooters!!
And head for the parks, the forests and the woods...
For hours on end...
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Bonus photo: Lorcan wearing the red and blue cabled tank-top I knitted for him!
... strolling on the pier while the tide was out,...
... and, lastly, an afternoon jazz concert for the whole family!
Very soon after the snow, the first signs of the imminent springtime began to appear... in the form of crocuses... beautiful orange, white and purpose crocuses all over our local parks...
Though we were still wrapped up warm, we could feel something different in the air...
It wasn't too cold for park picnics any more...
And we didn't seem to be in a rush to get home to the fireplace anymore...
I suppose you could say, we were already feeling infecting by Spring Fever!!!
:)
We woke up on the morning of Monday 2nd February 2009 to this!!!
By school time there was enough for some pretty decent snowballs... and by home time there was enough for... you guessed it... snowmen!!
The boys were so excited!!!
It was a very welcome change from the cold, grey, wet winter we had been having. Everything looked so pretty :)
It was Lorcan's first time seeing now... ever!
Our own little snow man!
Johnstown Grove. Look at that snow fall!
After the boys got out of school that day, we got straight to work on our snowmen!
We brought the necessary snow-person accessories ;)
... on this one we used a carrot for the nose (of course), a banana for the mouth and cherry tomatoes for the eyes!
His name was Sid.
And, afterwards, we headed home to our warm house and a nice big mug of hot chocolate :)
Cabinteely Park, Sunday 1st February.
It was absolUTEly freEZING!
No matter how much we ran to keep our bodies warm...
Or played among the tree trunks...
Or stayed wrapped up in our woolies...
We froze!
