The Sun Is Out, The Sky Is Blue...There's Not a Cloud To Spoil The View...

I just had to post this picture to show you what hard workers Xanthe and Elijah are. In less time than it took me to fit a violin bridge, they took all the clean laundry, all the clean towels and all the clothes I had packed in my closet for Disneyland and put them all in the tub. Not even Scott's leather shoes were spared. They also added the decorative touch of coloring the tile green with a magic marker. They were gleefully adding water to make a giant clothing stew when I caught them. Of course, my first reaction was to get the camera. In retrospect, I wonder if I should have impressed upon them the idea that it's bad to load up all the clean clothes in the tub and get them wet. But they were too cute and proud of themselves, and I had to laugh. I can hardly do anything BUT laugh today, with the sun shining, school out and kids playing in the gully for the first time in months. Spring is coming!