Summer is Near

I think the last of our true cold fronts are over.  We still have fires but we sit a bit farther back, the flames more for ambiance and something to poke a stick at than for the actual need of warmth.  We've had the AC on more and the windows opened less.  We have been hitting the beach almost daily and going swimming.  Yep, the days of Irish Booties, flannels and wool hats are behind us.  

  

These Irish Booties are the cutest and warmest shoes ever.  Woody loves his "boots" and he managed to squeeze his feet into them for one more winter.  

"Don't need clothes, Ma,
when I got my boots on"

"I also don't need help tying the laces, so please don't offer" 

Preventing the lips from getting chapped

Checking out the neighborhood trees
for possible Fort spots