Happy St. Patrick's Day...Happy Spring!

We were all excited to celebrate St. Patrick's Day this year. Even though Clayton and I constructed and decorated a leprechaun trap, we didn't catch Collin and Shawn O'Leprechaun. They created quite a mess around our house, but did leave us some gold from their pot at the end of the rainbow and some magic leprechaun powder.

After we added some milk to the magic powder and said the magic words

Leprechaun, leprechaun shamrock seen
Magic powder green, green, green!

we had a very tasty treat. The leprechauns also left Clayton a glass of green milk and instructions to wear green all day.

We've had some really warm weather, so decided to take advantage of it and go for a hike. We enjoyed a good hour of walking an NCC trail near our house. Cyle and Clayton fed the birds, who were quite friendly. I missed the bird actually sitting on Cyle's hand, but did get it flying away.
The geese and the robins have returned, so spring is officially on it's way.
We need to wish a Happy Birthday to both grandpas! Grandpa G celebrated his birthday on March 12 and Grandpa Huck celebrated his on March 19. We hope you both had great birthdays!
We're starting our countdown out of Ottawa. Like everywhere else, time seems to get so short at the end. We're cleaning out cabinets and closets and purging items we don't need/want. And we're trying to do all that we can in Ottawa before we go. It's going to be a busy, busy month!