79 & Sunny

We've had the most gorgeous weather in Minneapolis this past week...70's in March! Over the weekend temps got up to 79 degrees both days.

Shorts weather!!!

What a nice treat this is for us. The kids are so much better behaved outside running free, wearing off their energy. It's a lot easier for me to play with both boys outside too. When I'm inside I often feel like a referee - managing Max's desire to build and Otto's desire to knock down, always with the same set of blocks...

Friday during the day we played at a couple different parks. After Joe got home we walked up to Linden Hills and had BBQ followed by ice cream.

While walking home we noticed how the weather was perfect for camping. Warm day. Cool night. No humidity. No bugs. Sunrise and sunset times that align with kid's sleep schedules. I was off and running with this idea and really wanted to pull our tent and camping things together and head for a campsite the following day. BUT...we didn't. We felt a bit too disorganized to take three kids on the whim camping. We weren't sure we'd all fit in our tiny tent. But we've got the itch and are getting our sh!t together so the next time we get a whim we can follow it.

Of course by 9am Saturday morning our tent was pitched in our kitchen.

Just hours later Wren's Exersaucer was pitched in our backyard!

Saturday afternoon the boys asked if they could play in the sprinkler. Why not? It was 79 and sunny. And the sprinkler is even more fun in March than it is in August.