The First Day of Spring!

Friday marked the official first day of Spring, and what a day it was! Highs in the 70's, blue skies, twitterpated birds, the works. We even found our first dandelions of the season, blooming cheerily for us.

Rudy is intrigued. It's been a long time since he's seen one of these. (It's a dandelion-you can't really see it in the picture)

Of course, my manly man promptly beheads the poor thing (explosion sound effects and all)...

And then spends about 5 minutes trying to re-attach the thing. Rudy's innocent optimism about always being able to fix things was sweet to see. He eventually settled for popping the bloom in his mouth and running down the sidewalk after a big truck that passed by. That's my boy, alright. :)

Showing off his mad skills on the baby jungle gym. He felt so cool that he figured out how to get into that second little section. Until that day, he'd only been able to step in and out of the first section. Yeehaw!

Going after the ball.

Ready for take off. Rudy's starting to really like the slides. I still have to hold at least an arm to keep him from skidding across the sand on his rump (or face planting) at the end of the ride, but he's getting a hang of it. :)