Yesterday was the first day of Spring. In our little KS town, it felt more like the first day of Winter. We had a little outdoor activity planned, so we waited for the warmest part of the day to head outdoors.

I’ve been collecting yarn scraps for several days. They are from granny squares that I’ve been making. I made little “baskets” from the cups for the kiddos to hang outdoors for the birds.

Agnes helped collect some more yarn for the jar.

We waited until mid-afternoon when it was finally 40F, and we started in on the project.

We dumped out all of the yarn, and the kids sorted through it. They each picked out a few of their favorite colors to put in their little baskets.

We got on our jackets and headed out to the front yard.

We hung some of the baskets on the fence row.

We placed a few more in the large tree.

We’ve been watching the window for robins, we hope they find the yarn for their nests.

While we were out, the kids played for just a bit. I clipped half of the daffodils that had bloomed. We are under a Winter weather advisory through Friday, and I’m afraid that the ice and snow is going to wipe out all of the pretty flowers.

The bright yellow daffodils do look pretty in the window.

I spent the rest of the afternoon in the kitchen baking. I figured it was cold, better warm up the house.

I baked a coconut cake for dessert, and banana muffins for the kids afternoon snack.

I turned the coconut cake into a Raspberry Zinger cake to celebrate the first day of Spring.

My picky eaters didn’t want to try it, but trust me it was absolutely delicious. It tasted just like a Raspberry Zinger. I guess this cake will have to be for me. Oh well…

Today the nasty weather is moving in, and staying through the weekend. I think I’ll start the kiddos on some Spring Cleaning (or maybe Winter) cleaning tasks. I think we are going to be stuck indoors for the next few days.