mud season.

it's here....or at least it was yesterday.....it's currently snowing.

one of the things i enjoy most about being a parent right now is celebrating the seasons with my kids.


we really do celebrate and sink our teeth into every one of them. even when the season has been dragging on and on like this winter has seemed to do.

so, yesterday we began to celebrate the mud. it's the unofficial 5th season in new england and it brings MUCH joy with it. all of a sudden people are out! walking! skipping! smiling. children are running and splashing in mud puddles. it is truly a spring fever.

i watched as my son and his friend just BOUNDED from one puddle to the next, riding scooters, being silly. sun in their faces and it was like witnessing pure joy. i wanted to cringe at the muddy pants and wetness of it all, but i couldn't it was too much fun watching them laugh. laundry. schmaundry.

spring is, indeed coming.

thank goodness.