Spring has Sprung?

Ben and I drove down to Portland, OR last weekend for a visit with my sister and her family... oh and so Ben could go to the Bruce Springsteen concert too! (I'm sure a Bruce Springsteen post is in the works.) Our drive down was not fun it was raining and snowing the entire time, some parts of Washington and Oregon got an inch or two of snow.

Towards the end of the week the rain and snow had stopped and spring was back! We walked around the University of Washington campus one afternoon and saw some beautiful cherry blossom trees.

VIP Parking

While driving the three kids I nanny for to our favorite library/play gym this week I was circling the parking lot looking for a spot. The parking lot is always full and we generally have to circle two or three times before catching someone on their way out. The kids love yelling out when they see a spot, but often I have to explain that the paticular spot they see is for a person in a wheelchair or a vanpool. It's hard enough reasoning with 3 & 4 year olds as to why we can't park in those spaces imagine my dilema when I started pulling into this spot...

I'm hoping to live to see the day when a parking spot says:

"MOM'S & NANNY'S WITH THREE OR MORE

KIDS ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 5 ALLOWED"