Being OUTSIDE!!!!!!

Spring has arrived in Ashton!

It has been BEAUTIFUL outside.

All the SNOW is gone AND it has been in the 60s. 

Somedays it is a bit breezier than others, but man...it has been so much fun to be OUTSIDE and have the DOOR open.

Jackson absolutely LOVES going outside.

(March 23)

Andrew likes to take Jackson outside and take a walk around the house.

It is so great that we can now. 

It is amazing that there is no snow on the ground.

 Today we brought out our grill from the garage and made some amazing hamburgers and I made some awesome onion rings to go with them.

Jackson was also able to go out on the back porch for the VERY first time.

Look how much he loves it.

He loved getting the twigs and putting them in his mouth.

We have such little BOY!

 We also went for a walk to the Post Office.

Jackson LOVED being out for a walk.

 We would stop the stroller and he would sway his body back and forth telling us it was time for us to GO.  He wanted that stroller to MOVE!

I am just sooo happy we are able to go outside and get some fresh air.

 (March 26)

A couple days later it was a little cold outside.

This is spring in Ashton afterall.

We have a beautiful day and then snow the next.

I had packed a few boxes and put them on the ground.

Next thing I knew, Jackson had climbed up on top of them to see out the window.

 He is so proud of himself.

He was just really longing to go OUTSIDE!

 (April 4th)

On April 4th, we went outside and did some much needed yard work.

There was a huge wind storm the other night and it knocked down a ton of our branches...including the one that Andrew is holding.

It was pretty strong wind.

We spent the afternoon raking up branches and leaves.

Now our grass can start to grow.

 Jackson hung out on the back porch.

Gosh, he just LOVES being outside.

Our next door neighbors have a dog that was barking at Jackson.

He loves to stand there and watch the dog.

 He just had a blast outside.

After we were done working on the yard we moved to the garage and he loved being in there getting into all of the stuff there is to get into in the garage.

 Later that day we went to the park.

We tried to fly my octopus kite, but it wasn't quite windy enough.

We put him in the swing.

He wasn't quite sure about it.

I guess he is still a bit too young for swings.

We didn't keep him in there for very long.

 He did however LOVE to play on the playground equipment.

He even got to go down the slide a couple of times.

He also loved being on the Merry-Go-Round.

Man, our son just LOVES being outside.

And to be honest...SO DO I!

Hope this weather sticks around for a LONG time.