Mother Nature... quit playing around!

By now, you've probably understood the fact that I am a summer girl. Warm weather, sunny skies, and driving with the windows down all bring out the best in me. Yesterday, it was once again nearly 30 degrees (Celsius that is), today it was barely 15 degrees and by the weekend we will be back to a possibility of snowflakes.

You gotta love Quebec weather. Or not.

Can you guess where I stand on that one?

Of course you can, it's a no-brainer.

What's up with all the taunting Mother Nature? Make up your mind!

And I am warning you. Don't you dare send more snow our way than the girls' trampoline can handle. Bad enough you ruined our gazebo for the 3rd or 4th time last year, that trampoline is off limits! It's the only thing that can keep the girls outdoors and active for hours. It even has the power to keep them away from the Family Channel not to mention the fact it's an absolute magnet for friends. All they have to do is bounce up and down once and wham! the neighbourhood comes running (or bouncing) along providing plenty of conflict management opportunities (wow, aren't I in a very positive state of mind tonight...).

Seriously, a trampoline is really a constant block party which means tons of fresh air and a fun cardio workout for all with the added bonus of simplified bedtimes.

So hands off the trampoline! It is desperately needed... at least until pool season starts.

Ultimate Winter Workout

The girls are just a day away from Spring Break and two days ago it seemed as if Spring really was in the air. The streets were dry, the snowbanks were almost a thing of the past, and we could see grass popping out here and there. Okay, it wasn't pretty green grass, more the brown, muddy kind, but still, there was hope until it hit me...

...a snowstorm that is!

All my boasting of a shovel-free winter is a thing of the past. So what's a girl to do? I grabbed my shovel and dug myself out of the wet, wet snow. The kind of snow that sticks to the shovel and requires three sets of shakes before finally letting go.Today, I have the aches and pains to prove it. Quebec winters do provide the ultimate workout, I'll give them that much!

The good news is there will be skiing,snowman-making,and hot cocoa during Spring Break. Now I think I know why more and more people are calling it March Break... Spring is just too far out of winter's reach to give us a break yet!