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Spring Has Sprung!

We had gorgeous weather in Cleveland on Friday and I was so happy to have taken the day off to be with the kids. After a morning filled with grocery shopping and running errands with my mom, the kids went to the fishing pond together. I can't tell you how happy it made me that my daughter wanted to go with her brother. Fishing is something I always loved as a kid. Heck, any kind of outdoor fun was my thing. When I was growing up, we lived in New Hampshire up in the White Mountains in the late 70s. We had 8 acres and an old farm house across from Forest Lake State Park Lake. It was AWESOME. I was always finding critters. I would catch field mice in the front yard, garter snakes in the back yard, and newts and frogs in an old well. The newts and frogs abounded after a rain. I couldn't wait for the rain to be light enough so that I could run into the forest and climb down into the well to find them all. My eyes wide and so filled with adventure and excitement. I learned lots a...