Yep, it's definitely spring in Minnesota as the storms hit us quite badly over the weekend. I was working on Saturday evening when the tornado sirens went off and all the staff and customers had to take shelter at the back of Target. Jon was at home and brought the kids down to the basement. The sirens went off again when I was working on Sunday but the managers decided not to shut the place down that time but a tornado did touchdown in the northern part of Minneapolis and caused quite a lot of damage and sadly two deaths. Not a very cheery subject, sorry, but unfortunately another weather phenomenon we have to live with. Oliver doesn't really like the sirens but he copes pretty well with them and, as you will see in the video, he does a very good impression of them!!!
Anyway, in between times we have had some nice sunshine and we've been outside at the parks playing. We were out this morning actually and the wind made it really chilly!! The kids don't mind but the adults do ;)
Emily had a great day of walking yesterday - she was toddling all over the place!! She was actually in a really fantastic mood and had a wonderful time at her swimming lesson which makes a change! Oliver continues to come out with some very grown up words and phrases which amaze and amuse us. He is using the word "similar" quite a lot at the moment and in the correct context which is interesting to hear. And yesterday he told me the lawn looked beautiful after I had mown it :) He recognises most letters and his counting is very good. As always, the kids do a great job playing together and making each other laugh.
It's a holiday weekend here in the US and I just have a couple of short shifts at work so hopefully we'll be able to do something fun. But, of course, there are storms in the forecast......
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