spring awakenings and brotherly sweetness

The weather has yo-yo'd back and forth between warm and cold the past several weeks, but it feels like we've finally perhaps settled on warmer weather to stay (at least for a while). And it looks like the local flora is taking the same bet that spring is here to stay, as everywhere I look I'm seeing little green buds of leaves emerging and even a few trees already exploding in blossoms. Spring promises to be pretty amazing.

Unfortunately, my guys haven't been feeling all that well so we didn't get to enjoy the gorgeous weather today. Driving home after getting D from school today I eyed the playground enviously, while steering my droopy-eyed boys home where they spent the rest of the afternoon snuggled up on the couch, resting up watching a movie. D had laid himself all the way across the couch, then Q came up and laid himself alongside him (and nearly on top of him, as there isn't that much space even for such little guys). I thought Q was bothering D so I was trying to get them to negotiate how to share the space, when D said, "It's ok Mom, I don't mind him lying down with me." They stayed like that for a while, and it was such a sweet sight, especially after the weekend. I'm grateful for my boys, and despite the occasional squabbles I know they're grateful for each other.