Week 11: Spring and the Battle of the Bugs

After the long cold months of January and February, spring has finally arrived.  The snow has melted, temperatures are rising, and the first flowers finally bloomed this week!  

Spring and I have a love-hate relationship; my hopes rise with the temperatures as I look forward to hot, sunny, flip-flop weather, only to be dashed when snow is in the forecast for the following day.  Thankfully this year has been better than most, and one day summer will finally arrive. . .one day.     

Spring can be a busy time.  For some, it is a time for cleaning the house and yard.  For others, it is a time for the "battle the bulge"; there is more pressure to hit the gym and go on a diet to prepare for swimming suit season that is just around the corner.  Me?  No, I am not one to fight this battle.  Sure I may have a couple extra pounds from winter, but that doesn't really concern me.  My battle is with the bugs.  For whatever reason, there always seems to be more bugs in our house with the change of seasons.  This week, there was this: 

Big fat nasty spider in the sink, but that is just the beginning.  Yesterday I ran downstairs to get a book and almost walked right into a spider dangling from the ceiling.  Today I found a spider building a nest in the hallway.  For the last three days I've been battling ants that managed to find their way into the kitchen.  As a person who detests bugs, especially ones that find their way inside the house, it is somewhat of a nightmare.  Thank goodness I have my trusty spider vacuum to get me through!

In other news, Alex couldn't be happier about the warmer weather and now wants to spend the entire day outdoors.  I fear we created a bit of a monster this week; our cars desperately needed to be cleaned out, and so we let Alex crawl around inside the cars while we cleaned.  He LOVED it.  We went to the Children's Museum at Gateway this week and he was mad that I made him give other kids a turn in the truck.

Saturday we spent about half an hour sitting in our car while Alex played at the steering wheel.  This morning Alex found my keys, grabbed my hand, walked over to the door, and cried when I told him we couldn't go outside.  

All ready for drivers ed!

Despite the bugs and the forecasted freak snow storms that may or may not actually happen, I'm very excited that it's finally getting warmer and we can go outside to play.  Happy spring everyone, and happy photographing!