It’s been unseasonably warm the last few days, and this afternoon we took full advantage of the 45° temperature and sunshine.  After school Ben asked if I would throw the “whistle ball” to him.  He has a Nerf football that whistles if you throw it right.  And it has a tail, so it’s really hard to not throw it right.  It’s pretty cool.  He and I threw that thing back and forth a million times, while Emma ran around playing with branches from the willow tree, mostly.  As a side note, he’s getting so much better at throwing and even more impressively he didn’t really seem very scared of the ball anymore.  Sure, he missed every one I threw him, but at least he wasn’t backing away in fear.  It was a huge improvement.

Suddenly he said we had reached a new level, and he went into the garage to find a new activity.  Out he comes with the sidewalk chalk, asking me what he should draw.  I told him I wanted to see a superhero, so, he got right to work.  Emma joined us as soon as she saw the chalk, too.  Those kids do love to draw.  Ben decided that his drawing was of me as a superhero, which I have to admit, I kind of liked.

By the time they were both done drawing we had been outside for over an hour and my hands were beginning to get seriously cold.  I had to do some serious talking to get them inside.  It was a very fun afternoon.  Sadly, I think we’re all looking forward to spring and we haven’t even had any snow yet!