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Sunday, April 10, 2005

Happy Spring

Happy Spring! It’s been a great couple of weeks here – warm, sunny & breezy. Sorry for no update last weekend, nothing huge went on that week I guess! This past week was another one for projects. We’ve been wanting our back patio to be more ‘welcoming’ and comfortable but haven’t really been sure what to do back there. In the late afternoon and early evening, the sun makes the patio brutally hot and you can’t enjoy the space. Well, we were watching a program together and saw something we thought we could pull off – it took me a while to figure out exactly HOW to do it and only a few days to actually pull it all together. The sheer, white curtains you see in the picture can be opened up to make a wonderful shady area that blocks out the sun but still allows you to see through them into the backyard.
Events going on in Aanika’s life this week are kind of limited at the moment. She’s going through some separation anxiety and won’t even let us leave her at one of her favorite places, the kids play space at our gym. Seeing that we’ve never had to deal with this before, we’re kind of at a loss as to what triggered it (we think it might have something to do with Mama's grieving over Girlcat). The other day we were at the pediatrician’s office for an immunization and she stuck to me like glue when she saw the toys…I guess she thought it was another play place I was going to leave her in. It’s really kind of funny though because every time we get somewhere, she starts pointing at herself and saying “me me me” which, in Aanika language, means take me with you! Hopefully she’ll get over this soon…