Spring Sprang Sprung

Finally, a real, live sign of Spring! A snow crocus is actually in bloom, and each of the two older kids discovered one starting to poke out that their ol' dad missed. I'd be more pleased if the 3/30 ratio was a little higher, but, hey, it's a start. We had been looking since the weather turned nicer (and the snow melted enough so we could see where we had planted!) but efforts were redoubled after discovering the neighbor across the street has a handful of hyacinth leaves showing, and his sole tulip is visible. His bleeding hearts are also starting to show.

We searched for signs of our grape hyacinth (about 36), tulips (10), and bluebells (15, I think) and couldn't find any. Since this is the first year for all these bulbs in our yard, I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and some extra time.

Most of the foxglove are showing some new green leaves, and I couldn't locate any of the bleeding hearts underneath the oak leaves with enough certainty to say they *aren't* growing yet.

Toothless No More

Something besides snow crocus is starting to show - my youngest son's first tooth erupting!