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Celebrating Spring

March 11, 2011 by Kristin Leave a Comment

My calendar tells me Spring will be here in nine days. We’ll see if Mother Natures agrees. Even so, spring is coming.

I’m looking forward to pushing my double stroller outside, walking to errand stops like Rite-Aid and the Post Office, letting the kids have picnics outside, watching Cate ride her bike, watching Ben discover the great outdoors, sitting on my porch swing with a good book and tasting my husband’s grilling successes.

Cate is ready to play in her house [actually a play set like some of these wooden swing sets], blow bubbles and ride her bike, helmet and all. Ben just wants to “go,” as he said yesterday while beating on the back door, and get dirty, I’m sure.

What do you want to do when Spring arrives?

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Any U.S. or Canadian resident is welcome to enter. Each tweet about my contest earns an extra entry, just link the tweet in the comments section. An e-mail address must accompany each participate, so be sure to leave yours if you doubt I have it.

You have until March 20 — you know, the First Day of Spring — to enter. A winner will be selected sometime that day using random.org.

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  1. Alysha Taylor says

    March 11, 2011 at 4:11 pm

    Simple enough…I just want to put my coat away!! And of course baseball season is just around the corner 🙂

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  2. Laura Brown says

    March 12, 2011 at 1:01 am

    I just want to sit in the sunshine while my kids ride their bikes and patiently wait for our new baby to come! 🙂

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  3. Anonymous says

    March 12, 2011 at 2:32 am

    Hey Kristen this is Eric. If you need my email Jaclyn has it. I am so excited to get outdoors with Olivia and Krystal and not have to worry about wearing a coat or having to put one on the little one. I am also excited to see Olivia get so excited about swinging, blowing bubbles, kicking her favorite soccer ball and taking her time to smell the flowers at the park. And of course watching her do her favorite thing which is "I run" in her own words.

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  4. Tabitha says

    March 12, 2011 at 4:22 pm

    I want to plant our garden and just be able to sit outside enjoy watching my kids play. And, of course, I want to be holding our sweet new baby!

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  5. Courtney says

    March 13, 2011 at 8:35 pm

    Trips to the park, watching the kids play outside in the yard, not having to lug around coats, trips to DQ, picnics…:) LOVE spring!!!

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  6. Liz says

    March 19, 2011 at 11:27 pm

    I can't wait to read outside on a bench!

    eemoody77 at gmail dot com

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Telling stories is my therapy and I love sharing them with friends on my porch.

The main characters in my stories are my entrepreneur husband, our eighth-grade girl who never forgets, our have-no-fear fifth-grade boy, and our joy-filled preschool girl. As we live out our stories, we seek God as the author of them all.

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